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The world is spinning and I realize
I\u2019m the only poet at this Bain Capital party
There is one bottle of each of the best
High end spirits, a treadmill, and an Xbox,
And only the investors plan to wake at 6 AM
Everyone is wearing gingham.
The others are waking at nine.
These interns, they who manage legions of temps,
Speak of the love of their temps, almost like friends or family:
The love of a temp is all the more sweet,
For its brevity.
These young men bravely leap over the gap of uncertainty:
I salute them!
In a matter of months they make the transition
From dealing with the awkwardness of a college-experience
Focused on business,
To the stability of les ann\u00e9es trente.
<\/em>As the only poet among these favored-sons,
Talking about art and literature to myself
I inevitably am cornered by a couple of Yale sophomores
The Yale girls ask me, \u201cWho was the
Greatest Bohemian?\u201d
\u201cCharles Aznavour,\u201d I tell them.<\/p>\n

The arrangements, melodies,
And harmonies of color
Presented by James McNeil Whistler\u00a0<\/p>\n

Web startups and their tulip bulbs<\/p>\n

The water on the Lower East Side
Isn\u2019t any good<\/p>\n

Now that I have done everything
My strongest desire is to go to Pete\u2019s and wake up
With a wife and a little baby
She\u2019ll love me and cradle my head<\/p>\n

The nineteen year old Yale girls talk about the men
Who\u2019ve bought them drinks at night clubs,
Who they may not have put out for.
\u201cWhat are you doing tonight?\u201d I ask them.
Interviews tomorrow at 9AM?
Well, what, you\u2019re nineteen and you don\u2019t wanna fuck?\u00a0<\/p>\n

A lot of my good friends happen to be infidels
We drink tea and converse with legs propped up
In Ottoman style and discuss our plans
To break into parties in Cannes<\/p>\n

The subway woman opens wide the door between trains
And holds it there with her foot
Leaning forward to enjoy the remains of a cigarette
Like the archcriminal Vautrin
Fully in possession of her body
She is black and threatens the latino men who stare
\u201cC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s! C\u00f3mo est\u00e1s! Motherfucker!\u201d
She smells like stale mold in her poverty\u00a0<\/p>\n

The water is thunder storming in SoHo and Brooklyn
Will their cloudy water kill me
I\u2019m too afraid to drink it<\/p>\n

The guests depart to sleep
Before the morning bell,
\u201cTomorrow 21 Club I\u2019ll see you there!!\u201d<\/p>\n

I live in mortal fear
Of repeating Brummel\u2019s mistake
And insulting the prince regent.
Or ending in exile as Wilde:
A bonnie prince in France, flat in the back of a caf\u00e9,
Fattened, with pronounced blood vessels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I prepare myself for the life of unhappiness before me
I perform ablutions
Ready for death in the gutter but certainly first
Loss of health in incarceration<\/p>\n

I was never the celebrated court painter.
My fall has covered my steady rise
In inestimable shadow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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