14th and 2nd
by Joy Ladin
The soul shills socks on 14th and 2nd
To hundreds of other souls
Wreathed in the haze
Of roasting chestnuts
The soul is cold but happy
Among the other souls
Souls buying socks souls buying chestnuts
Souls consumed by various hungers
And souls who drift beyond hunger
Each soul naked to the others
Revealed to the least
Metaphysical fold
In the shadowless light
That flares and glimmers
When soul brushes soul
Like flame beneath chestnuts
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