sidebar

sidebar: see:

t-shirts hanging above the entrance

splashed with faces, Che Guevara, Al Capone

luggage on the sidewalk,

empty, waiting to go

beside the payroll loan and check cashing joint

and the locksmith snuggles up

to the strip club where the marquee says

live nude girls continuous

on the corner

a sign climbs up the wall:

oddfellows temple

and underneath it is a restaurant named oasis

with donuts, barbecue and chinese

the entrance to the subway has

three men clustered over

the delicate pages of some holy book

one aims a close-up camera

capturing some screed

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sidebar: hear:

i was one minute late this morning...

-yeah?

...delayed by a lady

...had to get a blow job

-yeah of course, did you see Caddy Shack last night?

they were showing it in the parking lot

at another table, talk of bombs and kids

and earnest discussion of art ghost theories

and comparisons of each others shoes

sidebar: scream:

sirens,

the trickle of gravel

from a hole in the roof

and the buzz of a fly

and the roll of thunder

on a cloudless day