The Elephants

3:50 p.m.

she said // “estaba leyendo una noticia
sobre los tamaleros” // “se levantan a las
3 de la mañana” // (up in front again &
below the cross) // greater presence of
sewage than car exhaust // to initiate //
to beg // how are chewed lips different
from policed breath

1 p.m.

around now the people huff // or put
themselves to sleep // lack of military
presence oddly discomforts // that’s how
i’ve come to belong // the church bells
peal // a handsome man operates a
crowd