Brooklyn Poem by Eugene Levich

Brooklyn



On the Subway,
The BMT,
Atlantic Avenue Station
A crowd of high school kids
Carrying book bags
And passes

Being loud and pushy—
Being teenagers—
One chick in specs, squints, pimples, black hair:
"You know what your problem is Ant'ny? "
(Ant'ny ignores her)
"Antn'y, your problem is...
You ain't got no class! "

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: kids,new york city
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 14 August 2016

i i'll send this to Tom Billsborough. he says he isn't familiar with Brooklyn. :) bri

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Bri Edwards 30 June 2016

i like this. but, if Ant'ny is really a school student, he MUST have at least ONE class. right! ? ? i was hoping to find a definition for squint as a noun, as it seemed to me a noun belonged where i found squints. i DID find some interesting and unknown-to-me slang definitions, but, otherewise, this is what i found: i KNEW you would like to know. Merriam-Webster Logo SINCE 1828 An Encyclopædia Britannica Company GAMES THESAURUS WORD OF THE DAY VIDEO WORDS AT PLAY FAVORITES Follow: 1 squint play adjective \ˈskwintPopularity: Bottom 50% of words Definition of squint 1 of an eye: looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain) 2 of the eyes: not having the visual axes parallel: crossed Examples: squint in a sentence Origin and Etymology of squint Middle English asquint First Known Use: 1579 2 squint verb Simple Definition of squint : to look at something with your eyes partly closed : to cause (your eyes) to partly close : to have a medical condition that makes your eyes unable to look in the same direction Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary Full Definition of squint intransitive verb 1 a: to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aimb: to deviate from a true line 2 a: to look in a squint-eyed mannerb: to be cross-eyedc: to look or peer with eyes partly closed transitive verb : to cause (an eye) to squint squinter noun squintingly play \ˈskwin-tiŋ-lē\ adverb See squint defined for English-language learners See squint defined for kids Examples of squint in a sentence She had to squint to read the small print. He squinted through the haze of smoke. I had to squint my eyes to focus on the tiny letters. I noticed that he squints. 1599 First Known Use of squint 1599 ========================= bri ;)

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