Poem of the Week - 'New York City' by Yuko Otomo
New York City
A man is a woman
& a woman is a man.
Only when you hide your face,
the world reveals itself
clearly to you.
Human hipbones,
harder than those iron fences,
wind swifter, wiser & faster
than fish bones do.
Troubles; pranks; tricks.
A woman is a man
& a man is a woman
& feet are minds
& eyes are feet.
"Where is today's catch?"
There is something about this poem that is quintessentially 'New York', and evokes a strong sense of the city. This poem was published by Ugly Duckling Presse in Yuko Otomo's collection Study.