Miriam finds
that standing
on two bricks
over a pit
to ****
quite distasteful
the door
just about
bolts
voices of others
in the block
waiting their turn
unnerving
some voices foreign
shouting out
balancing
is the art
arms out stretched
but crouching
as if
about to take off
in imagined flight
the stench
of previous users
nauseating
her underwear
about her knees
her skirt
hitched up
no mention of this
in the holiday brochure
she muses
clutching her
own brought
toilet tissue
in one hand
the hot sun above
pushing down
attracting flies
she *****
them away
with her free hand
shoo shoo
she says
bouger sur
bouger sur
some one bellows
that French prat
she muses
get a move on
your ****** self
she bellows back
almost
unbalancing
her hold
she breathes out
then in
finishes
her task
performs the art
of cleansing
redresses
steps from brick
to edge
of dark grass
and unbolts
the door
and pushes through
the throng
feeling undone
sensing something
out of order
like a song
performed
wrong.
Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014 at 5:04 AM UTC
Miriam finds
that standing
on two bricks
over a pit
to ****
quite distasteful
the door
just about
bolts
voices of others
in the block
waiting their turn
unnerving
some voices foreign
shouting out
balancing
is the art
arms out stretched
but crouching
as if
about to take off
in imagined flight
the stench
of previous users
nauseating
her underwear
about her knees
her skirt
hitched up
no mention of this
in the holiday brochure
she muses
clutching her
own brought
toilet tissue
in one hand
the hot sun above
pushing down
attracting flies
she *****
them away
with her free hand
shoo shoo
she says
bouger sur
bouger sur
some one bellows
that French prat
she muses
get a move on
your ****** self
she bellows back
almost
unbalancing
her hold
she breathes out
then in
finishes
her task
performs the art
of cleansing
redresses
steps from brick
to edge
of dark grass
and unbolts
the door
and pushes through
the throng
feeling undone
sensing something
out of order
like a song
performed
wrong.
A GIRL IN MOROCCO IN 1970 ON HOLIDAY
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