Imagine the People and the Places

The pipe that carries gas 
le long de la rue was repainted
five years ago
- now is brown
rusty and orange - 
I do not remember what colour it was at first

- it doesn't matter.
There's the storehouse,
and our little cabin
repainted the same shade of 
green as the steel fence next to
the apartment block,
went inside
caught a whiff of nostalgia
then left to where I was,
on the uneven concrete
1,81 man
on holiday

- met with memories to the nostril,
but no eyes, no face,
an eyelash, freckles maybe,
lips and taxidermy.