Homer's (the blind man's) poetry as seen by the waiter

"Iliad XVII"
 

  Chinatown

  ...where cigarette smoke used to hang above

the tables. The law had changed now

cigarette-smoke sneaked in from the door.

...where the smell of fish, burned

oil, stale beer and sour wine

mixed with the sweat-stains

on the men's shirts.

...where the few women

smelled just like the place,

fishy, rancid

oily sweaty bodies

nowhere to go.

The past-time the future,

the future past

as time past

into past

past...

  ...where Mexican

music was playing

and Spanish songs

were sing-sung ...

...there she looked different,

had an accent,

an air of authority followed her.

...there she smelled different,

it wasn't the shower talcum.

...there the field worker

next to him said: "A cop,

passing off as a hooker!"

Loud enough

and every body knew.

...where word traveled fast

in Chinatown.        

...a winner...

02/19/07

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