HISTORIC PASSAGE

Past the double tree
and over George Washington,
we thank Henry Hudson
for the view.

Major Deegan
always with a slow procession
leaving blank faces
and frustrated hand gestures

to the tunnels
and rusty underpasses
like hyperactive moles we go
finding traction along
the straighter way

and pigeons in flocks,
overhead like dive bombers
in formation, circle away
above the nearest roof tops.