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American Summer

Poems written while traveling.

The Inappropriate Tourists 


Around the parking lot they waddled
and tried to honk.  A woman,

with a video camera, gave
elegant commands in French.

But they couldn't honk.  It was
foolishness:   the wistful gift

of unrestricted, transient display—
in striped shirts and polka dots.

The crowd became embittered, knowing
they were not geese, but simply tourists
      from France.




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