Yaddyra Peralta
from The World is a Piece of Fruit Falling
Two Roads
On U.S. Route 41, The Tamiami Trail
I walk the long one fast,
walking till running past
grass cups, fish hanging
from men’s hands, scales and shallow
eyes posing for car horns.
You say this road rises
out of the casino. I say
it is an alligator’s tongue
I have wrestled it free, pulled
it from the muck for you.