Cityscapes

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triptych from the rambla del raval (barcelona), where the mind is a street cat’s stomach: #cockroaches #seagulls @thesmellofthecityoverwhelmsme translated by jacob steinberg

* ONE: PIG I wonder how this rabbit’s head has reached my hands. How has it rolled, upstairs, to the heart of the Raval, dragging itself, upstairs, rolling, upstairs to my hands. I wonder who mutilated the animal. I wonder how many stomachs are needed to beat the hunger. I wonder: there are dark rooms and humidity for sale, 187


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