For the man wearing a denim hat, to the rockers in the glass-fronted shops, to the birds on the shallow water: a mile in five parts.

I   Monte Carlo, New York, New York Built in 1854, this spire with crows, tight jeans and rusted coasters.   Smells of eggs, donuts, salty chips. Single boat stranded, afloat on the sand, grand blue boat, tilted.   Reflection of council flats in wet holes. Thick haze, thinner there, water and sky, immersed in…