Poetry in Motion
New York
Ragtime
Kevin Young
Ragtime
Like hot food
I love you
like warm
bread & cold
cuts, butter
sammiches
or, days later, after
Thanksgiving
when I want
whatever’s left
Ragtime from Jelly Roll © 2003 by the author. Used with permission by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House.
Raúl Colón, Primavera (2003). 191st Street Subway Station.
Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design.