On The Alternate Side

20230814.1040

90 minutes
1x / week
give or take
holiday suspensions

78 hours =
3¼ days
every year

give and take
time suspended
sitting
idling
avoiding citation

on the alternate side

standing still
in the driver’s seat
nothing but space
on the alternate side

to

go figure
the moon out
yourself out
the odds
the risks

in my ny city
fruit hangs low,

so low,
aamof,
that

parking enforcement officers,
none the wiser,
sweep the vehicles
even when
the street sweeper
never shows to
sweep the streets

and no one
with a fresh ticket
on their unattended car,
nestled between
wiper blade and windshield,
is any the wiser
to the unswept grit
left underfoot
or the inside grift
right out in the open

on the alternate side

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