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March 16, 2006
jesuit missions
beneath the arches
between the pillars
meditating on the sounds
of the static beyond the piano
virgins and martyrs
bring occasion
to deviant cross references
linking the ironic similarities
another city
another mission
floor of inverted stone
mineral murals
horses are heads
and ducks are tails
on the staircase
leading to the sideshow
and all the while
a viola plays on speakers unseen
until I discovered a dimly lit chamber
containing a youth with a bow
and a means
of filling the acoustics
with light
it swims through the damp
a champion of sound
soothing the sweat
that trickled down my neck
to the dust
the rest was just decay
and warm beer
limping dogs
competing with raggedy annes and andys
for table scraps and the bad pieces
the rest was just
mosquitos and torn screens
absent fans
and foam mattresses
that had no appreciation
for the situation
Posted by Drexler at March 16, 2006 05:15 PM