XRAYS
(For Telch)

The bones of Bayruth look like buildings
before the flesh and secrets
have been carried off by the organisms
there, faces that carry
the look of assassinations as well
on eclipse days as ordinary ones,
a type of sudden death syndrome.
The fruit vendors to the kaak trolley spies
have a winsome glow when the sun
is skewed regardless of the sea's intentions.
Some there, roll their pants up to the knees
and others fall apart on xray, shoulders
and legs, tiny little feet and these poor
sell squares of the old film so the others
might view the little silver slivers rather than suffer
the myths of going blind.

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