Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Please
I.
Eye gaze through darkened glass
memorizing the seconds
needed before light
deflates pupils
in unison.
II.
Migrant vendor
hustling batteries
and roach poison
whistles the tune
of arrival.
III.
Blade cradled in mouth
erupts into ridiculed hand
to part cheek, mid-smile,
like red seas.
Eye gaze through darkened glass
memorizing the seconds
needed before light
deflates pupils
in unison.
II.
Migrant vendor
hustling batteries
and roach poison
whistles the tune
of arrival.
III.
Blade cradled in mouth
erupts into ridiculed hand
to part cheek, mid-smile,
like red seas.