Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Hispalis: no return, bullet points.

The petty-mindedness
of the dwellers
of the world's belly-button
(or was it belly-bottom?).

The final estrangement
on my own ancestral DNA,
and good fucking riddance.

The parrots that colonised
the palm trees,
just another freak-out
in a city of them.

The druggie,
pushing his gear
and peddling Jesus
at once.

Your neighbourhood,
in which I never held your hand.

Your school,
from which I never picked you up

The medieval town,
in which I never stole a kiss from you.

Common friends,
who will see me
as the mutant freak I am.

Balls of Ketama,
offering cheap oblivion
and heightened memories
and dreams,
all of them false.
There had to be a plus-side,
though not a good one.

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