an ancient message carved onto the pāhoehoe much like lovers do today upon the bark of stately trees billy loves mary and to the right just below this declaration of undying love mary loves robert we needn’t work too hard to complete that story but these petroglyphs are undeciphered so we impose meaning to them just as we impose meaning upon the homeless faces we see along the street his ragged clothes means he doesn’t care her shopping cart means she’s a worthless thing his comforter of newspapers means he refuses to work but if i carved the look upon your face as you stare at them onto the pāhoehoe what would the tourists say about you
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