Moments of McCann

Family is like water,

the original stream

The bottom bunk again,

his slumber verses

A grace and a toughness,

the safe border between

The fires of the Bronx,

sunlight through the girders

Recklessness and temptation

written on the ceiling

A colossal illusion,

sawdust on the floor

Some sort of revolutionary act,

a motherfucking ambulance chaser

All lines are direct quotes from pages 57-59 of Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin

compiled January 22, 2021