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84 Good Juju / Bad Juju In Brazil, the figa—a sculpted fist—symbolizes luck and strength. say you’ve been found abandoned on Ipanema Beach dark skin clad in a white bikini say even silent the music echoes all the samba schools say you’ve been found in a compromising position once meaning naked or nearly to say nothing of the risk of mistaken identity the half-baked excuses while one foot pointed to the ceiling the other anchored to the floor say it’s luck or bright sunlight say you’ve compromised your integrity meaning nabbed in the act like some five finger shopper or worse caught cooking books with no kitchen in sight say your bones still ache with the heat of lost sambas leaving you poor dear hair a mess 85 or say your immune system is compromised meaning you’re losing nerve or worse resistance to whatever keeps you drawing breath some place where the beach meets the sky say it’s done with mirrors and smoke salty breezes from the sea as you stretch full length nothing between you and sand ...

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