You know my name
i don’t know yours
wandering town
choking heat vapor
___
I know your face but you don’t know mine
glass shop windows, sunlit refraction
smell the melting city
living Dalí, dead world
___
I follow you
black jean jacket
sidewalks loaded
fifty dollars for a cake
feral panhandlers
muse drifting
pay the mortgage
chase your dreams
___
Aggressive music
molded grapes in a bag
house for rent
chrome forty-five
fuck the president
you look rebellious
today
___
Ice cream
a summer shell
a voice: love me
you’re looking for something
credit card swipe
crooked bacchus
___
suddenly Stan Getz
in a raincoat
no bus fare
Colfax meanderer
i’ve met you before,
he says
____
sculptures of horses
destroying each other
temporarily i lose you
forget your voice
family burdens, debts
hang on walls
___
joyous are we
behind sunglasses
behind you in the city
who’s behind me?
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