Poems on Returning to New York After Some Years Away

 Poems on Returning to New York After Some Years Away

Jenny Allen’s humorous musings on what it feels like to reënter city life, from the new bike culture to the omnipresent smell of marijuana.

The Post Office
Standing in the endless line at my neighborhood post office,
I note the filthy floor,
And the candy wrappers, and nip bottles, and wads of used Kleenex,
And the weary clerks,
And…