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Exchange

City of the future

in which each subway station’s stairs

lead to the ground floor

of a casino/

mall.

–

What counts

is the role

defined for each piece

by a system of rules saying

how it can move,

not the stuff

the piece is made of.

–

In the intersection,

a muscular, shirtless man

with small American

flags tied to each wrist—

so that he looks

like a wrestler—

pushes, no, shoves

then catches a stroller

piled high with plastic bags—

his stuff.

–

City of the future,

where a tramway to the top

of a peak

opens onto

a wax museum

in which

Michael Jackson

extends one gloved hand