Tag Archives: New Orleans

It’s taking my time
spending it ruminating
and recording
random thoughts
that catch me.
Sitting in the near-empty
New Orleans River Walk food court
shortly after the assaults by
Hurricanes Katrina then Rita.
Or in the Magazine Street cafes-
free internet signals
and weak hot chocolate,
stuffed with people
sitting together and alone
mocking city-wide damages
behaving
like pre-disaster days.
Early morning hours
in Boston
at my friends’ kitchen table
before our day begins in [...]