Some Statistics

over 800 elevator rescues
temperatures hovering around 90 degrees
one death
two women sitting on their 6th avenue stoop offering passersby water
no bodegas open
all bars open
no atm machines working
twelve dollars in my pocket
eleven dollars in Susan's pocket
six dollars in Jimmy's pocket
six dollars in laundry quarters
one dollar off for warm beer
eight beers don't split evenly among three people
one extra glass solves all problems
one cell phone suddenly working
one voicemail:
one bar with a generator can take credit cards
850 blackout arrests
950 arrests are usual for a summer night
60 fires
one fire across the street from the only bar with a generator in Park
Slope
six firemen who joined us at the bar
one very hot curly-haired bartender
one free margarita
three not free margaritas
home again at three
power again at four
maybe five, who knows?
 

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