Deal of the Week: Eight of Cups

“Deal of the Week” is an updated take on the horoscope column. Bad advice, worse poetry, every Monday.

Bless the vantage point and the conscience, the silent nature in maturity’s phases; the muscle cramps and oxygen poor, the breathing deep and measured steps; the life insurance policies and family albums, neat pill organizers and dry cleaners; the legal documents signing milestones in champagne and silver; City Hall, imposing; the pain of routine, the city’s gooey affection growing all over desolation; the hospital smell; the subway smell; the newborn smell; the smell of garbage burning.