4/4/07

Soonet to and from Pessoa

yes, I mean soonet




the blue white winking lightning bugs pretend
around the country in a huge display
of boredom. painted men don’t know the way
the beauty of a naked body sends
the one who wears too many clothes a world
of black electric remnants. fog and smoke
make descendants eschew the warmth of teak
but ancient temples too were brightly colored

as ruined as a bunch of crumbling heaps
that people love to think were always white
some countries base their art on this idea
but all forget that there will be no seer
to shame the filthy socks about the street
and pass its judgment on bugs or the cheap

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