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CROSS BRONX SUNDAY MORNING

SE HABLE ESPANOL
DUG OUT OF ROCK
FLANKED BY TEN STORY BUILDINGS
BRICKS BRICKS BRICKS
AND CHAINLINK FENCES
DEEGAN AND AMSTERDAM
ON AND OFF RAPIDO
THE CORNER TIENDA

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

GW BRIDGE
POST 9-11
TRUCKS ONLY UPPER LEVEL

UNDERGROUND OVER STEEL

IN THE WALL NICHE ALTARS; VOTIVES, VIRGIN MARYS, AND DUSTY PLASTIC FLOWERS

WHERE SOMEONE DIED, WHERE SOMEONE DIED

AND WIRE NETS HOLD BACK THE ROCKS.
THE ROCKS WERE HERE FIRST

WATERTOWERS, STANDPIPES AND CHIMNEYS,
BRICK BRICK BRICK
FLAGS AND DISHES AND CLOTHESLINES.

AND THEN UP AND OVER THE GEORGE WASHINGTON AND LOOKING BACK TO MANHATTAN WHERE
THE TOWERS WERE BEFORE
STILL SMOKING