Ramón Ayala’s “Casas de Madera”
explodes across the Upper Eastside
like a startled flock of pigeons
blasting off into the clear sky.
Undocumented deliverista
Diego Rojas
hurtles down East 79th St.;
a blasting Bluetooth speaker
fastened to his e-bike.
Lunch,
subsidized on his back,
approaches.
Subsidized Lunch