Deposit fifty cents in English

and you will see the Queen

of New York strip, pull back the latch,

take in the scene and I promise

that the eyes will widen

and the legs will turn to jelly

for behind the peep show here

in the greatest city on Earth,

for about a minute,

you will feel royalty,

you my English friend will understand

the true meaning of being

the King of Times Square.

 

The Peep show, vaguely understood,

randomly implicit, silently mistaken,