Things that Cannot be Contained

(12th and Broadway in Oakland in the summer)

paper towels
searching
wet wanton necks

parched
pavement
that speaks
loquaciously
to shoes

hiphop
whispering
to the journal
at night

green coils
let loose
summer
in
a stream

flip flops
against grime
blackened feet
against grass

minds
filled
with books
hot off the stand

heavenly
bodies
shiny metals
and dazzling jewels
on belts

eva diva
in shades
looking fierce
like teacake's janie

browned legs
and stringy shirts
icy cherries
drunk from straws

hot sweet
funnel cake
heavy like hope
before a rollercoaster

hips that talk
when words
cannot seal the deal

dice playing
brothers peopleling
shady places
t-shirts
fluid and white

miami mambos
with the umbrella
two for a dollar

the sound of evolution
deep in the soul

waves of words
spanning london bridges

poetry
hot
like
lava
served
cold
in a glass