and the crowded station—

holding a daffodil to your nose to smell

you’ll soon forget the nose and the daffodil!

What’s that you’re murmuring?

“It’s all like a magic casement opening out

on perilous seas....” Bless you for those kind words!

Though that’s John Keats that sees our docks—not you!

Wait just a moment—here is something now

that’s well worth watching! It’s the Jewish New Year,

and those are orthodox Jews who have come down