From New York to Montreal

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Sometimes when my eyes are red

I go up on the top of the RCA building

And gaze at my world, Manhattan – 

My buildings, streets I’ve done feats in,

Lofts, beds, cold water flats –

On Fifth Ave below which I also bear in mind,

Its ant cars, little yellow taxis, men

Walking the size of specks of wool.

My Sad Self, Allen Ginsberg

If I don’t drive round the park,

I’m pretty sure to make my mark.

If I’m in bed each night by ten,

I may get back my looks again,

If I abstain from fun and such,

I’ll probably amount to much,

But I shall stay …

… the way I am,

Because I do not give a damn.

Observation, Dorothy Parker

A drop of water is all I need

To hollow the rock they mounted,

Suddenly, I see some waterfalls

And this time I never doubted.

I see some Waterfalls, Joel F.

Sept heures et demi du matin métro de Montréal

C’est plein d’immigrants

Ca se lève de bonne heure

Ce monde-là

Le vieux coeur de la ville

Battrait-il donc encore

Grâce à eux

Ce vieux coeur usé de la ville

Avec ses spasmes

Ses embolies

Ses souffles au coeur

Et tous ses défauts

Et toutes les raisons du monde …

… qu’il aurait 

De s’arrêter

De renoncer.

Tango de Montréal, Gérald Godin

 

Photographies by May Bucilliat