Havana (Florida)
January /History
on display in the windows of the antique shops/ A first date like an audition of
what we touch: / gas station signs, Confederate dollars, a Spuds Mackenzie ashtray,
/ a shoulder bag screen-printed with Gaugin’s “Two Tahitian Women with Mango” /
That’s what my fingers sing before the "ole-fashion" malt shop / that reminds me of K-Mart back home /
Two ghosts in an economy of refuse / The price any town pays for not being on a
river / The price the inhabitants pay: / to look at every object—blue or
unbroken— / like there is a story hidden within.
For some reason I want the word "or" to be "and" toward the end there. It's possible I'll feel different later. Ps: this is great.
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