where the sparrows swarm

all this pep and smile and smog,
but lite.
smog like diet cola.


sure can smell the difference.
soap and aluminum. bleach.

murphy’s oiled.
floral and punch.
all that together and then the pepsi.

or diet coke.
or schwepps.
or whatever.
like tonic and lime or redbull and vodka.

oh sweet merlot.

asphalt tar soot with claws.
flat gum shadow sidewalk.
and grass and gasoline together.

windex blue,
tennis court green,
hospital white,
sponge yellow.

and nothing is blood red.
jello red,
fingernail red,
cherry syrup red.

and the sun sets medicine bottle orange,
then purple giant valium sun
behind the box hedges
where the sparrows swarm plastic bag brown.
and theleaves are supermarket green.
and the flowers are all peppy dismal pink.

and the bees fly in straight lines.