odes to orosi - 1 and 2

you have some of the most provocatively dressed early teens this side of thailand.
your woman don't just make eye contact, they initiate it
a dream of some, to be sure
disconcerting too.
you don't seem to have age restrictions on anything -
facial piercings at 11? sure
sidewalk drinking for all? si
marijuana cultivation? bueno
upward mobility for your citizens?
well, at least you're rated the greenest country on earth - the stagnancy wouldn't be from oxygenated air

2

you welcomed me back
you'd welcome everyone back
it's part of your lack of restriction:
people come
they
like your
adult young
leave
soon
quickly
not quite fast as:
fiona apple can
nor
butchy and fabienne rapidly speaking
"blueberry pancakes."

they go, though
gone
get gone
leaving
the older adults and
their dependent younger children and
the younger adults that didn't escape quick enough the
latin idea
maybe
a primal idea that
babies
must
be birthed by
babies
and 17 years of age is no baby.

thanks for welcoming me back
i'll keep my fluids to myself, thank you
and enjoy your strange, awkward, slow, sedentary, join us in the easy way, energy
as i make secretariat strides to steal away
into my 3D, maybe 4D, dream come vision come reality, not
your technicolor dubbed B&W nostalgia

until you are no longer here,
you'll be here to welcome me back
i doubt that day will ever come
it's
been
swell