Ironbound/Fancy Poultry 
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                          In the ironbound section near Avenue L
                  where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell
                          the clouds so low the morning so slow 
                             as the wires cut through the sky

                     The beams and bridges cut the light on the ground
                         into little triangles and the rails run round
                              through the rust and the heat
                        the light and sweet coffee color of her skin

                               Bound up in wire and fate
                           watching her walk him up to the gate
                           in front of the ironbound school yard.

                           Kids will grow like weeds on a fence
                   She says they look for the light they try to make sense.
                            They come up through the cracks
                                Like grass on the tracks
                               She touches him goodbye.

                           Steps off the curb and into the street
                           the blood and feathers near her feet
                               into the ironbound market

                          In the ironbound section near Avenue L
                  where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell
                          the clouds so low the morning so slow 
                             as the wires cut through the sky

                                 She stops at the stall
                                    fingers the ring
                                   opens her purse
                                    feels a longing
                             away from the ironbound border

                              "Fancy poulty parts sold here.
                             Breasts and thighs and hearts.
                        Backs are cheap and wings are nearly free.
                                     Nearly free"