Below 101 Avenue A

A winter afternoon
on Avenue A
Abbie and I sat on set
A movie set
Extras waiting to be extras
Unpaid extras
Abbie and I never met
Before today
The two of us
In the basement of 101 Avenue A__
The two of us
Nothing to hide
I tell my story
Abbie tells hers
The horror of teenage drug addiction
Hardcore
Near-death and then alive
To near-death again
More than a few times__
Me
No more young
Abbie shows a photo
On her phone
A beautiful junkie waif
"I was so bad.
But only bad to myself.
And only for four months."
She had died in a hospital
I had died too
More than once
Now___
Back to life
Now
Clean for years
I listened to Abbie's every word
Without having to say a word
Other than to prompt more
"More"_
She handed me a poem
I read her poem
To her
It was perfect
Nothingness__
Oh to be young again
In the basement
Of the old Pyramid Club
Disco lights
HIgh on everything__
The director enter
Points
To we two
We are up
Extras
Unpaid extras
I wish I was young
Abbie too
Together
Nothing to each other
Nothing__
I am so happy__