Nob Hill Novelty

from Guadalajara to Kelley's
he's traveled
to tell me the story of Corbu

how the architect appropriated
his grad student’s chair
turned her face
for the photo
so she became just another object
in master-planned space

feminist mexican architect sips a beer
cars speed by on Route 66
our conversation window-shops
capitalism
community
place

when he smiles
the ketchup on my fingers
tastes of cilantro