Graffiti belongs in the streets.
One of the best things about it is that it
doesn’t last—it resists ownership.
—Anser
A line, a lip, a like-
ness reclaimed
in particulate,
paint masking paint,
the climb, the taint
of efflorescent
tags overcome
when dropping the mic.
Jim Johnstone won a CBC Poetry Prize and has published four collections of verse.
