f train to 2nd ave. find a bar, drink beer until my head is light. smoke a cigarette on the steps of a brownstone & contemplate how many dogs live in this city. start walking, walk until there's an appetite. eat light, eat healthy, it's fuel to get you to the next bar. chelsea, tribeca, soho & alphabet city. l train taken one stop too far so i spend a half hour counting rats waiting to go back the other way. cute girl, cute girl, cute girl. another bar and another $6 beer. cigarette outside because we all know what a cock mayor bloomberg is. "excuse me sir, can you point me to the nearest whorehouse?" high hopes "don't you know rudy giuliani rid this city of that kind of trash?" no relief in a 25 cent jack-booth.

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