The Brooklyn Rail

The traffic light is on

This is 1524333. Goes

Person waits for each other 4

Person holding an umbrella: I’m waiting for the rain
Person + person + person sweating in the sun

Person waits for the first 4 to return

Person + Person facing each other: There are 20 feet
with no feet between them

Person + person is sitting on the stairs

khaki person pants mix with cement

Person’s feet person + person. Are related to the middle two legs

Person yells at person’s face:

Person does not answer:

One person does not answer:

Person does not answer:

Person does not exist:

Person cannot answer.

Person standing: person waiting for the rain in person’s voice:
person waiting for person to stop sweating

Person is more than 20 feet taller than person:
Their clothes sway in the air caused by person’s scream:

Person contemplating

Person does not exist.

Person follows person and continues screaming:
Person’s veins emit a yellow haze from under the skin:

Person tramples the cockroach and apologizes

Person passes through person + person’s airspace as
if they were in a gym.
Person doesn’t ask for help

Person gets down on his knees and kicks to find peace:
Person may be a little sad.

Person person + person. goes through

Person swings in the silence of person

Person doesn’t think they exist

Person does not allow Person to ask for help

Person crosses a sea of feet between them + soul of person

Person can project the Astral while passing through
the airspace of Person and Person

Person is wearing a t-shirt with anime characters

Person shouts at person so loudly that person starts whispering

This whisper is so imperceptible that it attracts many
specters that starve to death again.

Person lets person scream in their face.

Person smiles sweetly.

 

 

The traffic light is on a timer

It goes 1524333

A black woman waits for another 4

A black woman holds an umbrella: waiting for the rain

A black woman + a black woman + a black man sweat in the sun

A black woman waits for the first 4 to come back around

A black woman + a black man stand
directly across from each other:
there are 20 feet without legs between them

A white woman + a black man sit on steps

The white woman’s khakis blend in with the cement

The white woman’s legs belong to two of the feet
between a black woman + a black man

A black man screams in the white woman’s face

The white woman does not respond:

A black woman does not respond:

A black woman does not respond:

A black man does not exist:

A black man cannot respond.

The white woman stands: a black woman waits
for the rain to form in their voice:
The white woman waits for a
black man to stop sweating

A black woman crosses the 20
feet to the a black man:
Their clothes billow in the wind
created by a black man’s screams:

A black man ruminates

A black man does not exist. 

A black man follows the white w
oman and continues to scream:
their veins project a yellow mist
from beneath their skin:

The white woman steps on a cockroach and apologizes

A black woman passes thru
a black man + the white
woman’s airspace as if they
are on a jungle gym.

The white woman does not ask for help

A black woman falls to their
knees and digs to find peace:
she might be a little sad.

A black woman crosses back thru
the white woman + a black man

A black man swings on a black woman’s silence

A black man does not think they exist

A black man does not let
the white woman ask for help

A black man crosses the sea of feet between
them + a black woman’s ghost

A black woman might have astral
projected when crossing thru
The white woman and a black man’s airspace

A black man wears a t-shirt
with anime characters on it

A black man yells so hard at the white
woman that they begin to whisper

This whisper is so imperceptible
it attracts many memories
that have been in the midst
of dying for attention.

The white woman lets a black man yell in their face.

The white woman cracks a sweet smile.