The Only Red Things We Saw in Town
by Jun Ma

except for brick and there wasn't much of that:
Monster movie poster, two packs of Winstons (mine),
Hoover in a hardware shop, one-ninth
of the holiday lights, a googly lobster hat

on a lump in a stroller. Tomatoes clearly trucked in.
Chopstick wrappers and a metro line
we never took. A gruesome chicken chain store sign.
Your cocktail with a dirty name.

That's it. The traffic lights
were broken green or both at once.