Gerard on the steps with a cigarette
steps to nothing, really
but a nightclub at noon
he'll offer a tour to anyone
who cocks their heads in curiosity
at the somber structure on the edge of Manhattan
behind Gerard's deceiving throne
he wants to tell them he's been to Berlin
he wants to meet a family
and prove he is a good father
and as he gives them his card and lets them go
he imagines them in the late hours
when the young people squeeze through crowds
with drinks in their hands
finding him in his office upstairs
and taking him home for dinner
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