There were chickens in the street, the smell of the sea out over Canarsie, candy shops and tenements, hot spiced corned beef in the delis, and briny half-sour pickles at the Jewish market–farms and saltwater.

街上有鸡，卡纳西上空有大海的味道，有糖果店和公寓，熟食店里有热辣的咸牛肉，犹太市场上有咸咸的半酸泡菜——农场和咸水。