Something Changes

But then the wind had

changed a light appeared

she was caught in some kind

of magic suddenly she was

overflowing with the schemes

riches of mania her heart was

pumping so vigorously she thought

an event was about to occur though

suddenly ecstatic she retained enough

presence of presence to attempt to

determine why her emotions were upside

down the reverse of a few moments ago:

even the city seemed to have no middle

ground certainly the poor were poor and

the rich were rich but wealthy women in

sables with their diamonds on were sifting

through garbage cans the poorest of the

poor who slept above subway gratings strutted

down the street speaking furiously about

monetary policy and the Federal Reserve:  she

saw great numbers of men who were women and

women who were men:  there was not even a

bank in which to deposit her check.