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City workers in orange suits
drag rags at the ends of poles
across the tiles of the plaza floor,
past the feet of armed guards
who wear army green and stand
mute, chewing gum and smoking
in front of a mural depicting in pink,
purple and blue pastels the Spaniards
spreading the word and law of God.
The moon is up at eight in [...]

Skin stretched until lined
by streaks, wrinkles and creases,
bloated and blemished by spots,
crawling with spider veins
are called on out of want,
perceived need, entitlement
to long life’s accumulations:
symbols of wealth and wisdom
to be passed on for free.

The cold knife
shivers pleasure.
Its pride gleams,
buried, unseen
the moment when what
had just been one
now is something other.

The sun was underestimated
so bright the heads were hung
and still it shines white in faces
the sidewalk stones are
incandescent and plainly seen
to be of harder substance
than the sky when visible
above walls and roofs
The door opens and lets
the voice cut off the intercom
reveal the guesses at truth
drifting over the ground
were never to be here
a weighted balloon
in the [...]