Bridget Fahey O’Brien and Annmarie Lockhart

Bridget Fahey O’Brien

The Port Authority

Response

I Was Going Someplace

By Annmarie Lockhart

Inspiration Piece

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tracking, like the railroad,

like the line of sight,

like the course

of action

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expected and predictable

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the only surprises

being the flat affect

of no twists and turns and

the sting of inflammatory

boredom that begs for the

salve of a change of direction

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then, the appearance

of the sign, the sun,

the word, the right angle

to the parallel planes

pointing in a new direction,

a turnaround toward

tomorrow and the horizon

skewed by southern sunlight

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5 Comments

  1. Posted February 28, 2011 at 8:09 pm | #

    I could only expect the best from you two! Love it! Its so Jersey!

  2. Posted February 28, 2011 at 9:19 pm | #

    Love the flow of this and the ending stings niiiicely! You two work so well together!

  3. Posted February 28, 2011 at 9:29 pm | #

    There’s a parallel linearity to both pieces that works brilliantly, and that pop of yellow that catches the eye of both viewer and reader.

  4. Posted March 1, 2011 at 2:38 am | #

    Great colaboration!

  5. Posted March 2, 2011 at 4:34 am | #

    The photo is amazing. The poem is brilliant. It has a staccato feel to it, very like sporadic NYC traffic.