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Tuscany Superb

horns squawk

   rainforest avenues

  

  exoskeleton

of cars

   arteries clogged

with unlovely   taxi cabs

 

fat  green  fruit

for sale

     five languages

merge into a knot

hisses    kiss    vowels

   kiwis apples pears

 

   black guys   basketball

debt rises like      blood pressure

stocks tumble

    but we walk

brogues clop on concrete

 

count  brick after  brick

sun cascades

   over roof slates

mind cracks in slabs

 

   (you say

Monroe      stood here)

 

   heat quivers

men are dominoes

suits    for the office

   a funeral

 

designer sneakers

   daddy paid for

pigtails   cheap thrills

  violet octagons

  on a stranger’s neck

(behind the closed doors)

 

today

I drink purple water

     aubergine lips

remind me

of a Tuscany Superb

 

   list the names

Houston   Charlton

Leroy   Sullivan

Perry   Cornelia

Dominick and Jane

 

(ladders lead

                away from me

                close to

you)

 

and back again

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Written by
reece-aj-chambers
33 / M / English
Published
Jun 21, 2014
Lines·Words
48·130
Notes

Written: June 2014.

Explanation: A poem written in my own time that sort of accompanies previous piece, 'Fresh.' While I am continuing with the beach/sea series, I am also taking more of a look into the 'city' side of things too. This poem, like 'Fresh', is not about any specific person, but was partially inspired by someone.

A 'Tuscany Superb' is the name of a type of dark purple rose, while the names listed towards the end all refer to streets in New York City.

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