These are the mementos of a hostile city

Night Hawks - Edward Hopper

Note: From my poetry thesis, "Mementos of a Hostile City."

1
Dust-green limes,
5 for $1.00

2
Webbing mold
at the bottom of strawberries

3
Squatting Chinese man
spitting out phlegm

4
The phlegm
foaming by the telephone booth

5
A goldfish cracker
lying, exposed, on concrete

6
Dirty leaves
mâchéd on the sewage grate

7
Dog urinating on the sidewalk:
The Nile of Egypt


Written: circa Spring 2004