15 august          3:15          macdougal street, manhattan

the middle in the middle
for a change
solitary solicitations haphazard
pick-ups in humid bristling
panache. not random
but dominated by hundreds
of work ethic inappropriately
bastardized. dear missed opportunity,
fatuous greetings on the unscheduled
public bus. unbelievable position
we're in, it's raining mud & irrationally
our hips are women. the prevalence
of unripe overpriced fruit causes
agricultural miscreance ("hall of shame")
& imbalance of diet, lowrider, marts.
it's independence day somewhere,
while we hesitate & coo.