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The tourist.

By DS Maolalai
Spring 2022 | Poetry

visiting New York. top

of the Empire State

Building. people below

blown like dust

in an afternoon sunbeam.

we stand about, seeing

the landscape at angles.

I hate it; there is nothing

of interest up here.

fine—some small majesty

if you must look at

majesty—skyscrapers;

Manhattan like a comma

underneath. but remember

just walking down

around among litter-

bins. the view

from our hostel in Brooklyn;

the street by a park –

cookouts, wild sparrows,

people getting

in fights.

DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of the Net and seven times for the Pushcart Prize. He has released two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019).


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