The city of Concepcion,
its physical parameters circum-
scribed by conjectural development,
its identity arrived at through
an intricate labyrinth of
historically determined steps;
At its heart the dominant
Plaza of the Conquistadors
abutted by an inspiring
Madre de Dios Cathedral,
lending a certain gravitas to
an otherwise lacklustre civic space;
And in the Plaza’s geometric centre,
a benignly neglected equestrian
statue of Concepcion’s Founder,
the breastplated and intensely proud
The Duke Juan Aguila-Alvarez;
the barely legible inscription
at the base of ” A.D.1543 ”
obscured by an injudicious
accretion of plentiful guano
nourishing for agrarian soil,
but not for civic masonry.
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The comment (by kelly bella):
I’m sorry. I can’t really comment intelligently on this. I can’t help it though. Tis all your fault. I’m having a fit of schoolgirl giggles. To go to a faraway place and see a faraway sight and to be overwhelned poetically to write of bird do-do obscuring the inscription of an ancient statue. Demand a refund, you’ve been robbed.