Unscrubbed tiles
Are never the focus.
Faces blue like the 80s,
Post-retroist portraits.
Short sleeves,
And shorter hair.
Polyester collar,
Meet summer air.
Beady eyes
With needy stares.
Maybe they want more?
Maybe they don't care.
Take your pick,
And keep eyes up there.
Try not to fall
Down three stairs.
Your choice
Is still mediocre.
Yet, you order it
Anyway.
Attention to all
Of the wrong details.
It's the same
As it ever was.
And somehow
You've heard the Talking Heads
For what seem a like days,
And you're not complaining,
But "Once In A Lifetime" would be great
To hear right now.
Two men
Out the window.
Looking in
Across the way.
"We should put
More art in here."
But, christ, there's already too much
As there is.
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