a new poem in progress

[femme41]

In Brussels

You have a book of translations in Brussels
You have gentle cubes of chocolate for your sister in Brussels
You will be capitalized after pressing return in Brussels
You are in room 426 at the Hotel Atlas in Brussels
You have climbed up onto the roof to take photos in Brussels
You found fair trade coffee and three English waiters in Brussels
You have one pair of clean socks in Brussels
You have wifi in the lounge and a gay face in Brussels
You read about youtube composer Nico Muhly in Brussels
You reproduce only what you understand in Brussels
You have a girlfriend who hates being asked for the time in Brussels
You have the Vol. 6, No.8, October 2008 issue of the Believer in Brussels
You have an itchy throat and variant paranoia in Brussels
You pre-anesthetize your tonsils with cherry lozenges in Brussels
You do not correspond with Elizabeth Bishop in Brussels
You have twelve days left of travel in Brussels
You don’t know how Asia feels about the book in Brussels
You cannot nap without dreaming of a slow fade in Brussels
You have found the perfect shoes in Brussels
You say Oiseau with a shy accent in Brussels
You are happy to comment on that in Brussels
You sleep into your chin in Brussels