trash trucks and blood

biking west under coolgray sky towards the hills, the bay
by the watertower is where i stop to take off layers and gloves
from city heights to north park, the streets smell like trash trucks and blood
which reminds me of the two things i remember about rome in 1999
1. someone in vienna warned us that the train station smells like blood. it did.
2. the eyes the guard gave us when we tried to sneak into the colosseum

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