A hurried (and inchoate) offering as Wednesday nears its end in New Zealand:
The canal swallows the viewerıs horror
and offers it back to the next
generation: Here is your inheritance.
Clean the sludge off with your gossip
about the Hebrew teacher, the partyıs edicts -
every empty warehouse condemns
the flag your father raised, the market you
descend to. Wear your trinkets
when you visit: Iıll reflect them
faithfully, the way a believer should.ı
David Howard, Max Gate, Purakanui
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