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Manfred Gabriel
  
 
 
Suffolk Street
 
 
  
 

The cab driver's face is streaked
from crying
as he turns with my change
crumpled.
And the pavement, too.
 
At night only cheeks
and streets
that are wet with tears reflect the lights
of the city. Stop
And go.

 


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Manfred Gabriel moved to the U.S. in 1997. He divides his time between Western Massachusetts and New York City.  He has had fiction and poetry previously in Right Hand Pointing.
  
     
 



 
 
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