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Blackout – Montauk # 37

December 2, 2024 – 3:41 pm

Two hours past sunset Ditch Plains Montauk Walking from a friend’s house Black out Power down Lights out All lights out No man light at all___ The above stars Light the path through the Shagmoor Cold 30 degrees cold No wind Through the trees To the south Below the bluff Waves crashing on the beach___ […]

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WINTER’S TOLL – Montauk

December 1, 2024 – 1:38 am

The rails run straight to Montauk. The pine forest wizened by the salt off the ocean All winter Deer dash across the tracks. Day and night. The train runs twice every hour 7200 seconds apart. Still some deer don’t make it. Crows pick clean the bodies The bones gleam white in the afternoon light. April […]

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Montauk Train # 19

October 27, 2024 – 7:22 pm

Amagansett Empty golf course Fourteen minutes From Montauk___ I have never played a round of golf Though once Back in the last century Queen’s Park London 1997 With friends Nina, Ingi and others The Persian, Maid Marion, Frank, maybe Fingers Maybe others___ On beautiful September afternoon Queen’s Park Nine holes___ Who won? No one cared […]

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Montauk Train # 7

October 19, 2024 – 2:22 pm

An hour after the dawn An eastbound diesel train Running through Long Island The 8:18 to Montauk Out of Jamaica___ Train’s top speed 60 mph Sometimes 65___ Approaching Babylon Sun creeping into the sky A public park A swimming pool Empty of water and kids Until A winter blizzard buries Long Island___ And the snow […]

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Montauk # 29

October 8, 2024 – 9:48 am

Autumn morning 2024 Again Ditch Plains Off-shore easterly Surfers on a chest-high swell Seagulls skating the crest A bright sun No sunglasses Squint Richie Boy thinking Work or surf___ A fishing boat chugging to harbor At least twenty aged surf bums On the break___ We On the beach Richie Boy A friend for almost fifty […]

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