Saturated in sideshows,
a gauntlet of gimmicks:
plastic pillars molded to mimic
— mock — the grandiosity
of civilized civilizations,
of pirates and Parisians;
circus clowns captured —
even the Flamingo
is fated flightless.
Air suffocated by the anticipation
of gains never met
in a city where memories
are made to forget.
Keep in touch.