pretty, gifted girls
sweet and sexy things,
little Johnny from Price & 5th
ogles at their curves in
fitted jeans and we stand
as one, waiting for him to
pass us by.
“he’s nasty, with his old self.”
claudia is the first to mouth
her disgust with little Johnny.
I wave in his direction, shout
at him to get in front of us
and stay off our block.
he knows the crew from around-the-way
will slice him up good for
even blinking at us or
crowding our space.
word on the street is, he’s had his
tongue butchered for whistling
at donnicka five years ago.
“he better get on around that
corner if he knows what’s good for him.”
we form a line, kick our
kicks up on the stoop, and
throw our wishes up
to the sun.
we wait for God to
make our dreams come true.
A Cornered Gurl 
This reminds me of growing up in NYC – great imagery you’ve created!
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Thank you! I spent plenty of summers and one winter in the Bronx and Dix Hills! I appreciate you reading!
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Dix Hills! My family lives in Babylon – right down 231! We’re the same exit on the LIE. I grew up in Brooklyn, though, and they moved out to LI when I went to college. Small world!
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Haha. Haha. I am from Savannah, Georgia but thanks to both my parents having family up north, I spent much of my time there. My mom, as she got older, didn’t like city life, and knew she’d stay down South with her father’s family instead of her mom’s. But, yes! Small world, indeed!
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That Johnny sounds slimy Ewww….
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Yup!
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