King

and we love the south
for her cheap parliaments
and 24hred grease bars
and back roads where dogs hungry
make up the population

back west
dynamite births began to relate
and your baby brother starts to call me
'varuna with black hair from mexico,' and not india

and we love the south
for her expensive jugs of wine
and closed strip heavens
and cities where steeples tall
make up the population

Jenny Sadre