attraction/repulsion
this alleyway is obscured
in the fog of vaporised pulp fiction.
a microcosm of children
smoking cigarettes
and drinking imported liquor
in a glass ball,
which could be bought in a tourist shop.
all very lucrative.
at any moment it’s not absurd
to expect to see
a camera on a trolley rolling past,
effortlessly capturing the haughty looks
of the communal solipsists.
the idea that this place
is not a movie set, or an asylum,
or an organised mimic of ‘alice in wonderland’
is about as easy as breaking its rules -
which is equally as hard as fitting in,
which isn’t even the point here.
so i’ll definitely be back,
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alana said,
November 23, 2011 at 8:55 pm
beautiful.