baltimore street – sunrise in a small city

collateral collective insanity

any one
any pain
broken toe holding on to dying in arms
walk in walk out
script
my friends
one less war
or dont we need some one here

coroner at sunrise — (in 2016 fentanyl became the leading cause of overdose death in maryland—bodies are counted at the office of the chief medical examiner on baltimore street—tompetty is going to open for prince on tour next year)

dasherboards

boarding breakaway
wall pass
shot
sweeper keeper
ballraptorflying
past
goaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoal

arena at sunrise — (in 2003 the blast, with guiliano celenza and p.j. wakefield on the team, won their first championship since reforming in the 1990s, establishing a dynasty not yet relinquished)

lonely scarlet backward j

on a green, sere stem from a dark red root
reaching shooting blazing stars

metro station at sunrise — (the last 1.6 miles of the metro, charles center to johns hopkins hospital, was completed in 1995)

just
laws made
taxes paid
more humane
more effective
wages salaries earned
votes cast
more informed
more moral
public served
children raised
influence made
knowledge gained
corruption reduced
influence weighed
work respected
viciousness wounded
because

lyceum at sunrise — (in 1913 female garment workers marched from the labor lyceum at 1203 east baltimore street, and boarded a train to washington dc to participate in the woman’s suffrage procession)

the polite conductor

sharing speed
destination or direction
space
time
air and light and temperature
moving and waiting glances words faces
together on steel
in wood and glass
streets melt into cinema
animating our city

broadway and thames at sunris — (street car service first started along broadway between the point and baltimore street in 1859)

january 5 1826

see the day when ignorance will its adherents lose and bigotry its disciples
newfangledisms
with enterprise and capital

baltimore street at surise — (the maryland legislature passed the jew bill in 1826)

in the land of land jobbers

in the expensive dirty muddy town
every prayer and petition for the kings majesty
was henceforth omitted.
thoughts turned to france.
small pox was precluded and five million dollars emitted.
they wondered whether the people would eat bread or drink whiskey.
royal portraits were hung upside down.
slaves and convicts worked
while idle sons lived like princes betting on horses, cocks and cards.
general washington
was provided with whatever he may want wherever he may be.
until our unhappy differences are ended

liberty at sunrise — (the continental congress met in baltimore for three months in 1776 and 1777 at a house on baltimore and liberty streets while philadelphia was under threat of british invasion)

lewis hallams lamp

the players came as
old devils, ghosts, and assassins
for families together, young and old
and the fire-new town was happy.
the genii foretold
a thousand fearful wrecks
weeds to grow apace
queens and kings to lose their children
pearls to grow from tears
parents slaughtered and children butchered
shadows of terror
tyrants slain and children freed from the sword.
brothers shedding brothers blood until peace lives again

lamp ghosts at sunrise — (in 1773 performances started in a warehouse near baltimore street—in 1782 a theater built farther east on baltimore street opened with a performance of richard III)

to the lords of trade

people had plantations on the water
for the convenience of trade
until it pleased god to increase them
so they would build more close and live in towns.
sixty acres of john flemings farm
with respect to trade
might soon become a flourishing place

site of farmhouse at sunrise — (baltimore town, established in 1729, was surveyed in 1730 and divided into 60 lots around the fleming farmhouse near baltimore and lombard streets)

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