God’s Infidels we drive to Pecanland
on Sunday morning
everyone else is in church
it’s the new blockbuster
Star Trek into Darkness purchase tickets
wait inside a 450-seat food court
eerie as a Klingon vessel.
Only one other group
they sit in plastic chairs
a couple and their two sons
crew-cuts anointed
with turquoise and orange-spikes
a long time ago this used to be
a pecan orchard converted into
936,000 feet of 100 specialty shops
wait in front of the
Gourmet Chinese Express and Yummy
Japan Take-out an alien
arcade shoot-em-ups
no points ever redeemed
the movie clock ticks
inside one of 10 cinemas finally
Kirk and Spock take a wild ride
through a space continuum
orbit out
the turquoise and orange kids
hold on tight to their Gameboys
listen to the prime directive walk
across the archway with parents
right back into their convertible.
Pecanland Mall: Monroe, Louisiana
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