Four days ago, on a smoggy street corner,
I matched a cigarette and stood as cars with
lawn mower engines swept past me, my cigarette,
and a small group of children with encouraging
advertisements emblazened on their tee-shirts.

This is what I heard:

"There's a place in France
Where the naked ladies dance
There's a hole in the wall..."

Before I could hear the rest of their conversation,
a mayonaise truck was rear ended by a rolls-royce.
There was mayonaise everywhere. The children ran
into the street. I think that's when I
caught this cold I got.