Robert Pinsky(b. 1940)
A Long Branch Song
S o m e d a y s i n M a y , l i t t l e s t a r s
W i n k e d all o v e r t h e o c e a n . T h e b l u e
Barely changed all morning and afternoon:
The chimes of the bank's bronze clock;
T h e h o a r s e v o i c e o f C o o k i e , h a w k i n g
The Daily Record for thirty-five years.