16 September, 2010

you
wear your
painted ties and pressed trousers, foreign
yet impeccably made
patent shoes,
the accent
places you in
dubai
or, possibly
somewhere further north
in ganesh's graces, you
sparred with
uncle sam and
were successful by
way of (fighting move here)
during impasse -
now you
walk
with a saunter
and you cheer
for the red sox

the surgery corrected
and perfected
the
marilyn farrah
lips
and you almost assimilate