One small town leads to another

A man in a diner

Not ready to dip

“The exchange of ideas is everything.”

Friendship Street

There’s a line at the local post office on Friday morning. “Everyone comes here,” says S., “cuz it’s a little one, they think they’ll be in and out.” She tells a man with a dozen packages: “Leave them with me, come back later, and I’ll have

Kaatsbaan

Six chairs and a table.

Pencil, chair, courage

and two eggs, please.

Babbling brook

and bird's milk

No one gives

Somewhere between Bryant Park and Broadway-Lafayette

Lights out

Yes ask

The ants contest the emptiness

Shipping & handling, handling

Every week I think — I’ll skip this week.

Water

Blue bus, city bus.

She was the kind of girl