waking in Algiers-2102.20

Beur: Arabic slang for European 2) honky 3) Gringo

a Buer in North Africa

FN_FAL for company

FN_FAL; assault rifle 2) cutting edge Belgium technology in the 50’s

sun blazing! pulling on sunglasses

Khalas: Stop in Arabic

Khalas!

looking desperately fora grey ball of opium

lighting a gauloises bruns no filter

to the souk

pain is patient

pain is education

it will begin soon

staggering through souk

Buer clears a path a

sacred cow

leper

Ahmet’s bony hand

opens

a grey ball

le plus

le plus: the best

closes his reptilian hand

étranger he offers

étranger: foreigner

argent

Argent: cash 

hotel I light the ball

waking

in

Algiers