Wednesday, September 10, 2008

more on torero

Listening
to dreams
Torero's doesn't weep.

He
turns away
from the sound.

A resolute man,
Torero has
always

been
decisive and
decided about what

needs to be done.

#

His job title
Mechanica Man
means

tuning in to
the sounds
of

the world beyond
the paradise
wall.

He listens for
the cough
of

a motor yielding,
hearkens to
the

sound of brakes
screeching, giving
way

as the road
slides down
into

the balance between
life and
death.

It is often
death for
the

machine.
And the
abyss claims the

carcass
of discarded
bodies, some still

shiny and new
gleaming chrome
and

sweet-smelling leather everywhere.
From this
Torero's

calculating eye sees
the body
they

can put together.
Already he
knows

what form can
be pulled
from

resilience.
He knows
what shapes hide

within the curved
contours of
bumpers

doors
sweet and
dark secretive undercarriages.

#

For all his
years and
expertise

he has never
found a
one

to compare to
her who
lives

her life of
lonely happiness
beyond

the wall that
keeps them
apart.

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