Old Man Standing by the Side of the Road

At 5:00 AM, I watched an old man standing on the sidewalk, across the street from my apartment, smoking a cigarette. His dog sat nearby, waiting to resume their walk. The streets were otherwise deserted.

The man gazed down Hicks St. toward the distant Verrazano Bridge. At that moment, Brooklyn was his.

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