Spring Garden wears a welfare coat —
in the summer . . .
Fashion minded eyes trod up & down
its streets enjoying graffiti —
sprinkled on the walls by bored fingers/
bored thoughts/from excitement lacking espiritus-
It’s 8 o’clock in the morning & latin bodies
bundle up to war against the city —
children venture on their suicide mission
SCHOOL/a battlefield of non-existent education
Libraries are open 22 sundays a year . . .
The parents have headed off their cares to do
battle themselves . . .
The factories/the bosses/the foremen former
countrymen compais . . .
Cold callous metal concrete city streets where smiles come hungry from the eternal
bill collector . . .
It’s 12 pm & fist fights break out on the
charity lunch lines . . .
empty trouble soothing wine bottles are
tossed regretfully in the gutter —
Flies/bugs/maggots/roaches struggle for the
corner taste
the human tongues didn’t reach . . .
The pushers are up from their beauty sleep
counting last nite’s take — discounting today’s
pay-off . . .
decking duces & treys . . .
their open air pharmacy on 14 & green is
being held by Don Ernesto el bolitero-
giving Do
(Miguel Pinero)
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