there were so many
colors, in this winding converted-
apartment building theme park
of hippiedom,
your ticket included a meal but
all along our way were sideshows
of wondrous stupefying art
organic colors and spiral rainbows,
gaudi's candy exploratorium
and each with their own little shops,
or just pricetags scattered throughout
though many also had little gifts,
and when we reached the dinner
(which was magnificent, a ginger
tonic with bright blue precipitate
like a chemistry class and a
fluid dynamics demonstration
all in one) felt like a gift itself
although of course we had paid
with our ticket; throughout this
entire awe-provoking journey
there wove this constant
awareness of money, which
turned each new rainbow into
a different hue of insubstantial
melancholy, heard throughout the beauty