Sunday, March 11, 2012

Home


In his proud saunter
The thick of his thighs
His playful subversion
His produce department
negotiation

In pots filled with opiates; 
Tart and butter
Crisped sheets of rice

In the blackened room
a digestif of
A quivering voice 
Sway of souls
folk meddling 


In the glisten of morning
and choice chaos on the walls


In her concern for
that day's passing patron
his wet hairline
his uncivilized plastic 
rejected him in public

In his ceaseless story
His sharp dissections 
His sensitivity 

In a stranger's words
my unearthed mother tongue