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Havana


Five storeys up,
in the city above the city,
two boys lean out

from the lip of a rooftop
and spit down orange pips
at men who walk

as if they’ve homes to reach
and who feel nothing
as they hurry past,

or pause to shrug,
and thank the lord
for promised rain.