Sweet Trash
by Anne Benvenuti (c) 2008
Pigeons are pecking at pastries,
flaky crust and sweet guava jam.
Trash sticks to their feet,
step, peck, peck, step, and
chewing gum yuk is stuck on
a beautiful purple painting
on a crumbled cement wall.
Man in red pants with swivel hips,
Woman in yellow dress, smooth feet.
"Tudu bom?" And we are moving
to some distant drum.
Smiling eyes, soothing hands,
bright teeth, dancing, we are
dancing in the warm sun and sweating.
My wallet is gone. What happened
in Brazil? Que bom! Que bom.
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