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White Stalllions
by Bruce Dethlefsen (Wisconsin)
Source: Something Near The Dance Floor (2003)
the children of the street
must see themselves
in the greasy puddles of the forenoon
in the sundown storefront windows
in the luster of the shoes they shine
must see themselves
in the reflection of a customer's sunglasses
in the tears of the old women
in the shadow of the bus
the children of the street
must see themselves
flying purple kites on sunny beaches
dining with the family after church
riding white stallions
the children of the street
must see themseleves.
(Quetzaltenango, Guatemala 1998)
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A Vacant Lot In Guatemala
by Bruce Dethlefsen (Wisconsin)
Source:: Something Near the Dance Floor (2003),
a harmony of rats and roses
fills the vacant lot next door
with music separated from the world
by walls of brown adobe
the music rises
as the roses shuffle
in the wind of the volcano
their thorns outstretched
to claw and scratch the walls
the music rises
as the rats sway
crooning in the ocean breeze
a honeyed melody
against a sky of blue and white
and each red petal falls
onto the yellow teeth of the marimba
producing notes though sweet
become the elemental horror of the song
because all roses smell of rats
and rats of roses
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