Princesa Isabel Avenue
14, alone, along the
Copa Copacabana
('Hath thou seen my dear pretty Anna?')
Man, coffee tanned,
Sold me
(lost his left hand)
Unripe coconut
Chopped - with machete - like a -
'They don't use sunscreen on their kids'
(Quothed Helen; long dead.)
Skin cancer, skin cancer, sin cancer, sin.
Pour water, cool as the
Sea
Cool down (babé) and the sun -
('I ain't seen so much fun since Brighton, 1961')
Beats down upon child-leather skin.
'Air conditioned mall!'
Smiling slightly, 23, a fool.
