senior, old age, second childhood, sickness and death, ain't we got fun.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

179TH AND VYSE, BRONX, NY (PART LXIX): LIFE BEFORE DEATH IN (ugh) NEW JERSEY --- BRONX DREAMIN'




BRONX DREAMIN':

haven't lived in the bronx since 1956.  so why do i have dreams about going back?  it wasn't that good.

last night i dreamed that i was looking for the lexington ave. line entrance at grand central station.  this is not an unusual dream.  its always night time.  sometimes i'm in washington heights trying to find the Z trolley going across manhattan and on to the bronx.  other times i'm in queens on a bus going across the bridge over the sound into the bronx.  i also have gotten lost in the nyc subway system trying to get to the bronx.  i've been in my car driving north from downtown nyc to the bronx.  i've wandered among apartment buildings in manhattan and then in the west bronx walking towards my section of the bronx.  on the wrong subway train going into queens or on some "el" line parallel to the third ave. "el".

i guess i'd rather be lost in the 1940s bronx than facing my end of days.

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