Wall Street, Los Angeles
December 15, 1998

for wholesale resellers only
autographed spice girl pictures
stacked high on the sidewalk
imitation barbie talks español
to dancing gorilla doing the macarena

korean conversations on cell phones
with plastic buddha and flowers
red t-shirts 5 for 10
white stuffed bears and
blue toy cars glitter from boxes
and the american flag
is for sale

man on the street speaks to jesus
shakes my hand asking for a dollar
with my change of thirty-two cents
he tells me I'm a good man
and christmas is coming soon

// © by wataru ebihara

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