This article appeared in the December 29, 2008 edition of The Nation.
A curb the color
of nausea.
Parking lot gravel
splintered with glass,
dog shit, receipts.
Storage sheds--a row
of lamp-lit doors
deepening
as dusk thickens. Now,
night, they're all that's left
and traffic's
excuse for music
moving through the room.
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