George Darte Funeral Chapel Photos, Underwater by Fred D'Aguiar Underwater LIKE THIS POEM Sky seems round every time she cries Trees knit fingers and thumbs over the road Providing complete cover from sky fruit Straight road longer than sight Girl in her keeps looking over shoulder Woman tells her this only wastes time Look how flat sky curves when you cry Glance back for another on the road Her bare feet pick up splinters she Poems and biography of Fred D'Aguiar Complainer by Fred D'Aguiar In which case we'd call him what we liked, because it fitted best, nothing to do with what he wanted, for instance, Complainer, voices things high society must address, or face the music of poor choices; Railway by Fred D'Aguiar Rails without beginning or end, Twinned hopes always at your back, Always up front signaling you on, Double oxen, hoof stomp, temper Tantrum, stampede, clatter Matter, head splitter, hear us, Stooped with an ear to the line— greenheart, mora, baromalli, purple heart, crabwood, ROYGBIV by Fred D'Aguiar Flesh off that child's bones. She said We would end up there if we did not Concentrate, so we stilled our feet And spoke the words in the right order For colors in a rainbow until the very Thing took her place in front of us Arranged in cuneiform, polished,. homoxu, ybf, bnx, ajbr9, xl, eukr, y8, sn, trm, hfu,