Fire Escape Perspective

Oct. 30, 2012

A View from Fire Escapes

We've got a different view
     from the fire escapes,
Huddled up for warmth,
     wind pinching
          our cheeks,
          our ears,
     every inch of flesh we've left exposed.
Our knuckles have it worst,
     clutching our cigarettes stubbornly.

We are determined addicts!
Addicted to laughs,
     and coughs,
     and smiles,
Addicted to dancing
     and shaking the rafters,
1, 2, 3, TURN!
1, 2, 3, BACK!
1, 3, Turn
     and run into each other,
          crashes of laughter,
Slumping to the floor
     in our drunken whirlwind.

In between numbers,
     we steal back to the fire escapes,
Holding hands,
     wondering how we got here.