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one
thing which has changed since last
i was in prague is the amount of
garbage
and free stuff left on the street.
acquisition,
the first round of consumerism, is
complete.
now comes
regurgitation. |
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proving
that one person's trash is another's
treasure,
i was delighted after a night of
steady rain to find a
plastic box of Soviet era match art
strewn on the slick
cobbles of sunrise. i crouched and
patiently peeled
each one from the wet sidewalk while
puffing a cigarette. |
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trashpickers
are an increasingly common sight
here.
and there's much to harvest. whole
dumpsterloads
sit on corners, furniture stands
forlorn waiting to walk.
is it eviction or overabundance that
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a man loads a
chair into his scavenger van
as i fawn over rockets, camshafts,
and athletes
depicted colorfully on 50-year-old
advertising,
PSAs, and propaganda someone left to
rot. |
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