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\nCross and overlay
\nAnd form or seem to form a pattern.
\nGirls speaking Italian
\nTake off their tops
\nAnd breathe the sun in through their pores.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nThen they emanate out onto Ocean Drive,
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\nRuns an alley, unnamed,
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\nWhen someone in the grill orders in English
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\nTo spend money. Behind the Imperial,
\nIn the alley, someone chops ice, fish are gutted,
\nDirt gets washed off roots.
\nThe ditch that runs down the
\nMiddle of it runs red.<\/p>\n
\nMadame Amnesia deals out a Tarot hand,
\nIguana-on-a-bicycle lady wobbles
\nAmongst the Eurotrash. I write
\nMy page, my way is paid.
\nAll of us ride the swell of a tide.<\/p>\n
\nThe offal, the scales, the T-bones from steaks,
\nThe hearts and lemon rinds, are put in bags
\nThat the city comes by and collects.
\nTwo towels hang on a balcony overlooking the alley.
\nA man in a white apron
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