sizing_up
tender_square
he
wears
the
garments
of
a
guru
,
pure
in
white
.
his
hair
dyed
a
colour
most
unnatural
.
he
walks
to
the
grassy
median
, leans
his
back
against
a
blooming
redbud
and
sucks
cancer
into
every
weak
branch
of
his
lungs
.
he
strolls
the
street
from
this
center
, peering
into
every
open
face
of
houses
he
will
never
own
.
in
a
confrontation,
he
was
branded
a
weirdo
,
told
that
no
one
wanted
him
here
.
now
he's
on
the
persecution prowl, sizing
up
the
owners,
itching
for
a
fight
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from