à cause des dragons (the one about our slow walk)
.
you say it is lovely
to stop
and smell the
snapdragons
in six o’clock pedestrian
traffic, so we pause
to sidestep
the cigarette smoke
and we stroll
to suspend
all the city clocks
and we stray
to avoid
setting up for dinner
and all the secret
snapdragons on every
corner
wake to greet us,
fire and water
.
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