whispering into the tarmac crack
grow, grow
"i hear there is still power north of here"
"trade generator, need generator, power, get power, yo quiere generator, power power, light, comprende? understand?"
"you speak?"
"small
"any trade?"
"trade seed"
"what seed?"
"baccy, maters, flower, green happy weed, taters, onion, ummm orange food, many foods, you english speak only, espanol any? francais?"
"english small, espanol pequenito?, i take food seed only, easy care, wat trade?"
"tu tienes? what have?"
"tools. must travel, short travel, walk small, comprende?"
"no comprende tools"
umm.. build, make things, make house, fix house, hammer, nails, saw, shovel-"
"shovel good?"
"good shovel, small for hand, large, I need keep one, trade for seed, how many?
"one big, like this, for small shovel"
"this no big, make more big, like this, then okay small shovel"
okay I make like this, okay?"
"no, no, bigger, you see. be good, I have knife."
"you no need, I go, peace, we trade."
long walk
beneath abandoned ferris wheel
teeth rotten, plier-pulled
an ancient gathering place,
battle ground
the paint is peeling
a solitary eye
painted on concrete
passed by many seeking food, not paint,
a steady pulse
myths choked out by vines twistin
the concrete cracking...
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