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The Cosmos is A Lonely Place on a New York City Subway (#3)

Kenneth DiMaggio

In another 45-minutes
I will crop and edit
leprosy and skin
cancer which pays
my rent for a basement
studio in Astoria

Because I’ve learned
to see disease is why
I leave my dark mornings
with sunglasses which still
let me read the latest
murders or kidnappings
headlining a New York
City tabloid

bought at a bodega
run by Egyptians who
launder money
for Albanian gangsters

In Jesus’ time
Lepers had to announce
their arrival with a wooden
bell so that all the healthy
people could hide

How much easier it is
today to just cover your
face with an unidentified
but gruesome victim
on the front page

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