I thought it would be nice<\/p>\n
to sit and write a poem in gramercy park.<\/p>\n
I approached the gate: closed. Locked.<\/p>\n
excuse me ma\u2019am , I asked the lady with her dog.<\/p>\n
what time does the park open?<\/p>\n
oh it\u2019s always closed, she replied. You need a key to get in.<\/p>\n
so here I sit, at the corner of gramercy park south and Irving Plaza<\/p>\n
on a stoop.<\/p>\n
The park sits beautiful and empty,<\/p>\n
but the birds fly in and out.<\/p>\n
the birds, the squirrels, the butterflies and moths,<\/p>\n
require no key to enter gramercy park.<\/p>\n
locks and keys are a human thing.<\/p>\n
rather than wishing I had the key to gramercy park,<\/p>\n
I sit and watch the birds fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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