Talking with Strangers, a Clarification
(Thank you for the many people who emailed me CONCERNED that I was suddenly not talking to strangers. Of course I am. I just don't want to discuss Parasite the movie or Michael Bloomberg the candidate.)
So yesterday I was on the subway
with Larry Bush going to MOMA
Dorothea Lange 79th Street platform
a man named Eli said Nice Coat and then he told us
his mother wore Clothes Like That and her hair
was purple and she had A Talent for Painting Pictures
and he described a few of her pictures
and said he would send me a link (he did) and so I gave Eli
my email and he thought at first I'd said my email
was Bull Doctor which made sense to Eli who knows why
and we all said goodbye and I told Larry
what he already knew that of course I would always
talk to strangers and he said Just Wear That Coat.