The author constantly brings up references about drugs, alcohol, and the loss of his childhood. Constantly saying "look at how far I've come" might be a reference as to how his life has not gone as he planned, along with the repetition of words with violent meanings behind them. (Breaking, burning)
He also brings up that his friends also might have regretted the life they live now as he references them drinking and breaking bottles for fun. The poem constantly tells us how alcohol and drugs are everywhere when he describes his neighborhood.
The final thing I noticed the author repeat was what I felt was a tone of sadness over the situation of the blonde little girl in the poem. It seems like she is having fun now, but he hints that her future in Brooklyn will take her down the same wrong path he is on.
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Cover Art By David Hockney
My New Yorker: "Shoes"
Cover Art By David Hockney
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