Bacco Cafe and Juice Bar

86 Pine Street
April 19, 1996

I sit at a table
near a statue of a woman
who carries a jug of water as her dress falls -
she looks down.

I imagine she stands on a footstool
to reach the window of the room
where she's incarcerated by her husband.

I imagine she pours water on the people outside.
When she looks down, they'll look up and shout,
Her dress is torn! She's imprisoned! Call 911