Geometry of the Lemon
City College…scaffolded…or with buildings before it in scaffolds…limestone picking up a scaffold sheen…One sign says Haircuts / All Children $8 / $10 For Adults / Ask for Taura…Other women in Taura’s shop frown…stand waiting to cut hair…sometimes glance toward Straight From Harlem: Creative Outlet…which seems both open and closed
The boy at the corner straddles two posts like fire hydrants but flat on top…Edgecombe Ave. continues east past a woman selling martial-arts videos…A lemon slice drained of juice capsules retains skin dividing the wedges…I appreciate this geometry of the lemon…I’ve ignored…or not discussed…these men who mumble…face outwards…muttering fast about money