Xanadu : Tijuana Gringo : Poems

WODICZKO INSITE @ CECUT - 24/02/2001
[vivencias monumentales]


rain threatens the little culture
crowd standing on the esplanade

children run through puddles

this poet writes nothing -
raindrop erases his page

umbrellas appear amid the art fans
awaiting the postmodern spectacle

- then it begins -

giant woman face blooms
around omnimax dome

mouth, nose, lips

project from glowing lights
& silent switches huddled

in small white tent
casting image onto

the vast round wall

one giant says her girlfriend was
raped and beaten by the police

spent months in a coma

the boyfriend beaten much worse
never recovered his brilliant wits

a tear streaks her huge visage
gleaming in the rainy night

beside the paseo and McDonalds

 


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copyright 2001 Daniel Charles Thomas
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