People
who used to sleep in Madison Square –
Chased
away so swings and a dog run
Could
be built -- have returned as ghosts
Arguing
in languages no two of them understand.
The
pigeons nowadays make hoarse noises;
They've
either become heavy smokers
Or
are studying to be crows. A statue
Has
been put up of a female torso,
Shredded
and melting. Attempts by monuments
To
James Madison, Chester A. Arthur,
Admiral
David Farragut and William Seward
To
engage her attention have failed
Perhaps;
it's hard to tell
At
what a headless woman is looking.
