2 train, 96th Street to Chambers, January 29th, 2014
I pointed her out to a colleague who was watching me work. While I was making the pitch, I realized that she looked quite a bit like me. A distant cousin? Is that why I picked her? She was bright, well spoken and fun.
Some songs aren’t meant
to be sung for an audience
and some songs aren’t meant
to be sung alone
Peter Seeger taught me that.
The problem,though,now
that Pete has hung his hat
is knowing who to sing to
and listening just so.
The poems are moving. They come from the heart.