I.

Hides beneath
A Bench billboard;
Andi Manzano's
Bogus whitening cream
Shadowing a
River of tar—

Sawdust dancing along an
Ailing surface of
Black film.

Quiet, perhaps even
Serene. But very much
Sick
And gray
And dark.

II.

At the heart of the river
Is a lone
Brown woman
With
Gloved hands and
Old, wooden net.

Fishing under the heat of
The sun.