between daytona flea market
and palm beach high-rises
are a couple of million refugees
of the great downward spiral
creaking along
on loaded up beach bikes
carrying all that's left
gone is the mystique of the artisans
or the proud hands of the industrial working class
partitioned
beyond the sponsored walls
daytona 500 incorporated
left behind
like a two buck bet
at the dog track
--- e b bortz
