Preparing for Hurricane Irene

There’s a slickness in the streets,

Red-stained and glowing.

Sharp stings coming!

There’s a pale center in the lights.

Smokey-grey and closing in.

Sharp pains wrenching!

Traffic crouching in the shifty quiet,

Sneaky warnings: Buy it! Buy it! Now.

Stretchy plastic screeching!

Don’t walk, not now,  stay put,

It’s too late now, there is no turning!

Sharp drops falling.

South on Lexington Avenue from 94th Street, New York City.  August 27, 2011

South on Lexington Avenue from 94th Street, New York City.  August 27, 2011