Exchange
City of the future
in which each subway station’s stairs
lead to the ground floor
of a casino/
mall.
in which each subway station’s stairs
lead to the ground floor
of a casino/
mall.
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What counts
is the role
defined for each piece
by a system of rules saying
how it can move,
not the stuff
the piece is made of.
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In the intersection,
a muscular, shirtless man
with small American
flags tied to each wrist –
so that he looks
like a wrestler –
pushes, no, shoves
then catches, a stroller
piled high with plastic bags –
his stuff.
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City of the future,
where a tramway to the top
of a peak
opens onto
a wax museum
in which
Michael Jackson
extends one gloved hand