The souk

Algiers

In search of opium

And

9.mm shells

against the  wall 

a  beauty

with deep gaze

it haunts me

after the opium

did she

exist at all 

the next few days 

I

Search the usual tourist haunts

Calling 

garçon avez-vous vu la jeune fille touristique je leur ai demandé ?

like an opium dream

she is 

gone