Rock a Way
Rock a Way

Rock a Way (2022 / 2016)

Meier Ramirez Publicaciones

Entré a un restaurante en Chelsea buscando una botella de agua. Mi amigo Ruso me esperaba afuera y cuando salí me dio un dato que acababa de encontrar en su teléfono móvil: desde poco antes de la llegada del huracán Sandy, Patti Smith tenía un pequeño bungalow en Rockaway Beach.

Habíamos estado conversando sobre ella mientras caminábamos. Le comenté que venía de comprar M train, le conté cuánto me había gustado Just Kids; hablamos algo sobre su rostro y su camisa blanca en la tapa de Horses. Esa noche, en el pequeño departamento que ocupaba en Harlem, navegué en internet tratando de encontrar todas las señas posibles que me llevaran a ese bungalow. Solo quería verlo. Dos días después, el 1 de mayo de 2016, tomé el tren A en la 125th W, con dirección sur.

Rock a Way (2022 / 2016)

Meier Ramirez Publications

I stepped into a restaurant in Chelsea to get a bottle of water. My friend Ruso was waiting for me outside, and when I came back out, he shared something he had just come across on his phone: not long before Hurricane Sandy arrived, Patti Smith had a small bungalow in Rockaway Beach.

We had been talking about her as we walked. I mentioned that I had just bought M Train, and told him how much I had enjoyed Just Kids. We spoke a little about her face and the white shirt she wears on the cover of Horses. That night, in the small apartment I was staying at in Harlem, I searched online for any clue that might lead me to that bungalow. I simply wanted to see it. Two days later, on May 1, 2016, I took the A train from 125th Street, heading south.