mag wheels for eyes
roll out in silent film
silver screen dyes
down walkways
floorlit and salted
and buttered with
scenes
of someone else’s storied
childhood
long legs falling in love
with strapping lads on streets
paved flat by
pennies
land without
cell phones
a sunday. 1955
a city. 1959
when churches were
sanctuaries
mark the time
by the bells and
the sun
we rest on
bloody knees
the automobile
extinct
home. 1936
the sky. 1910
the pool
1920 and two metres
deep
the denim
1969. when pennies
were copper
the board
she saw better
days
cut elbows
in ink
porcelain cheap
for the poor
inscripted
the names
in powder blue
soap
sliding down rails
to the subway
we saw better
days
laughter echoes
a certain
despair
– KatYa, July’17
