City That Reads: Baltimore Signs and Markings Volume 20
Patrick Swickard
8.5"x11" paperback, 216 pages
The dog trots freely in the street
and sees reality
and the things he sees
are bigger than himself
and the things he sees
are his reality
Drunks in doorways
Moons on trees
The dog trots freely thru the street
and the things he sees
are smaller than himself
Fish on newsprint
Ants in holes
Chickens in Chinatown windows
their heads a block away
The dog trots freely in the street
and the things he smells
smell something like himself
The dog trots freely in the street
past puddles and babies
cats and cigars
poolrooms and policemen
He doesn’t hate cops
He merely has no use for them
and he goes past them
and past the dead cows hung up whole
in front of the San Francisco Meat Market
He would rather eat a tender cow
than a tough policeman
though either might do
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti
A series of short walks in colder weather. Chicken. The holidays continue and pass. Tension headaches. Fishglue. A labeled door. Balloons. People Who Died. Art cars. Snoopy's brother Spike gets excited. Reservoir Hill. Passive aggressiveness about dog poop. Camels. Wet paint ain't wet. Broken phones. Broken windows, quiet rewards. Outdated analog media. Outdated digital media. An impolite financial proposition, repeated many times. Binary greetings. Soul 2 Soul. Fake leaves. A non-bench. Cones gather to observe a hazard. Three's Company. MS-13. Toynbee tiles. More police box art. More balloons. Free stuff. Nino's update. Stop harassing women.
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