a cool porcelain gleam
like silence
slowly creeps up the Chrysler
and along the sidewalks
it is creeping its cream
into the green oasis of Central Park
now following this slick gloss
rumblingly slithering beneath it is
The Deadly Victoriana Pattern
of dainty pink
& yellow roses
& chintzy sprigs
& delicate fronds
Spiderman’s left foot is caught
in the mad avid advancing pattern
poor Spidey is amazed
on the side of The Empire State
trying and trying to tug free
from the sickening
niceness of the shapes
at the end
Spidey’s last web blasts out
across New York but forms
a vast dazzling daisy