quickened life with fountain
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                in nautilus park after dark
                the youth hang cigarette by cigarette
                children wade in running chatter
                quick, in multi-ethnic silver
                ankle deep in singsong shimmer
                city lights bob and shiver
                a siren call -- come -- gone
                in nautilus park after dark
                the youth go out -- butt by butt


                        Marek Lugowski / Sheila Miguez
                        2-3 January 2003
                        Cincinnati, Ohio