A Path

        warsaw downtown

        an old woman

        hunched back

        scans the hostile sidewalks



        if i as much as glance at her

        she makes the sign of the cross

        and mumbles at me

        black hair black eye bad spell



        an ocean and a continent away today

        i scan the friendly san jose downtown

        my hair is gray

        and my eyes not so black

        i mumble at me

        black hair black eye bad spell









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      1995-08-07