{"id":1679,"date":"2012-07-18T19:38:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T19:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=1679"},"modified":"2012-07-19T02:39:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T02:39:32","slug":"clint-smith-712","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/clint-smith-712\/","title":{"rendered":"Clint Smith, 7\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>At 23<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>and with very little\u2014two small rooms<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>with banging standing pipes, heat<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>like the rattling of empty Goya cans until<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>it went out November 1997,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>gas leaking from the stove as I boiled<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>hot water, scrubbed myself with inch-thick<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>car-wash sponges and became dizzy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I thought of moving, but didn\u2019t open<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>the window. The sounds, heavy boots<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>of Queens County police looking for<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>murderers, my sweat rubbing against my<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>sweat in the late summer, balls cold<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>in the winter-tatter of my old boxers, vibing to<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>ranchero music. Was this just a cell, I being held<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>for ransom by myself, impoverished<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>temporary proofreader, little to anticipate<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>except colors of Empire State Building,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rockefeller Center at night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Clint Smith is a freelance writer and editor currently living in Philadelphia, PA. His poetry has appeared at the on-line cultural portal turbula.net. 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