Tourist Piece (2024)

Take a long walk

in a third-world capital.

Touch each building

like you own it.

Take a slow, deliberate

pace, as though you

plant your flag with

every step.

Approach a busker.

Take his instrument

and play it the worst

you can. If he played the

fiddle, play with opposite

hands. If it’s a wind, remove

the reed altogether.