August 20, 2021 by Jordan Myers
Rays of sunlight & impulses would shine
into our windows at dawn: fresh flowers,
two coffees, deep breaths ––– & we’d go
August 19, 2021 by Jordan Myers
At first it feels like a secret that everyone knows then no one tells at all.
Later bits and pieces of the illusion reveal themselves around the town.
People go looking for it late at night, walking the streets beneath the moon.
You can hear traces of it when you listen closely. It’s so silent that it’s loud.
August 16, 2021 - You can hear the late summer breeze cut through the August heat by Jordan Myers
You can hear the late summer breeze cut through the August heat. The air
is eternal, & all of the secrets of the city keep revealing themselves, at dawn.
August 15, 2021 - West 47th Street by Jordan Myers
One flight up in August,
a cigarette is smoked
on a stoop at dusk
August 11, 2021 by Jordan Myers
Along the Hudson Greenway, one half mile away from the Intrepid
a man in all black runs through a fountain. A break from the heat.
August 9, 2021 - Serenity, gunpowder green tea by Jordan Myers
Everything is quiet and still for a moment inside of St. Kilda’s coffee on West Forty-fourth Street. The silence doesn’t last but it’s complete, and alluring. No espresso machine or music from the speakers or chatter from nearby tables. Serenity, gunpowder green tea.
August 8, 2021 - Poetry is the absence of nothing by Jordan Myers
Beauty in poetry starts with movement. There is movement in stillness. Beauty in poetry is stillness. There is stillness in beauty. There is beauty in stillness and there is beauty in poetry and there is poetry in stillness. Poetry and beauty and stillness are one in the same. The same can be said for movement. The same must be said for movement. Movement is another form of stillness in the same way that poetry is another form of beauty. Stillness is always moving in the same way that poetry is always beauty. Beauty is setting aside longing for movement. Stillness is setting aside longing for beauty. Movement rests in between longing and beauty. Stillness holds the space. Poetry is the absence of nothing.
August 6, 2021 by Jordan Myers
Almost eleven and the neighbor’s air-conditioner rumbles and turns on again -––– the still and extended hum commences. It’s humid and quiet here. Last night the aisles of CVS were filled with people who looked as though they were visiting the city for the first time in a long time, maybe ever. A lot of standing around and talking to each other, holding a few knick-knack items in their hands and arms and asking questions and setting plans. How do you make the most out of three or five days on this island?
August 4, 2021 by Jordan Myers
Almost designer purses and handbags and clutches for sale on the corner of West 49th Street and Broadway. You have to look down at the ground in order to browse the selections, or you have to bend over, or you have to kneel over to look closely. Regardless, the second hand almost designer market is back!
August 2, 2021 - Decaf espresso by Jordan Myers
Patron: Do you have decaf espresso?
Barista: Yes.
Patron: Is the cappuccino served with two shots or one shot?
Barista: We can serve it with one or two ––– or even three.
Patron: What would you recommend?
Barista: I usually get two shots, but I never get decaf espresso.
Patron: That makes sense.
Barista: It might make sense, but is it helpful?
Patron: Yes. I find it helpful.
Barista: Do you know what you’d like then?
Patron: Yes. I know that I’d like a cappuccino.
Barista: Right. But with one shot or two shots?
Patron: –––– a decaf espresso.
Barista: Right. But with one shot or two shots?
Patron: What I want is a decaf espresso with . . .
[Barista looks past Patron, where a line forms and
expands.]Barista: If you don’t know what you want then –––
Patron: ––– Oh, I know what I want.
Barista: I’m just saying, it seems like you’re not so sure.
Patron: I can understand why you’d think that.
Barista: That’s good to know.
Patron: How much is the cappuccino, by the way?
Barista: $4.27.
Patron: And that’s the same, regardless of the number of shots?
Barista: Yes.
Patron: And that’s the same, even if they’re decaf espresso shots?
Barista: Yes.
Patron: I’ll actually take a cappuccino then, but rather than decaf espresso . . .
[Another glance at the line ––– out the door].
Barista: . . .
Patron: You know what, how about a green tea?
Barista: With how many shots of espresso?
Patron: No espresso.
Barista: Just the green tea then?
Patron: Yes. Just the green tea. Cancel the espresso.
Barista: You don’t have to cancel the espresso.
Patron: Because I never ordered it, exactly; thank you.
Barista: Did you want anything else?
Patron: Let’s actually do this . . . go ahead and make the green tea.
Barista: Okay . . .
Patron: And if there’s something else that I want ––– between now
and when the green tea is ready; maybe I could come back to you?Barista: You could always come back.
Patron: No. But I mean -–– right away, I would come back right away.
Barista: I know!
Patron: You know?
Barista: Yes! I know what you’re saying. Can you please also understand
that there is a line forming behind you –––[Patron looks back and observed the line ––– waves].
Patron: Yes. I am aware.
Barista: The green tea is $3.37.
Patron: And you accept credit; is there a minimum.
Barista: No.
Patron: No you don’t accept credit?
Barista: No; we do accept credit. And no, there is not a minimum.
[Patron takes out a debit card, pays].
Patron: Thank you.
Barista: You’re welcome.
Patron: No, you’re very welcome.
[Patron walks away. The person standing behind Patron
approaches the counter].Patron #2: I was wondering, do you have decaffeinated green tea?