A hot and muggy afternoon
of summer. My family
is moving, again...
Weary walls & graffiti
across the hallway.
In the building, in a corner
a drug addict is shooting
dope, and others dazed
not far from my door.
The ambulance, a keening wail,
echoes by the neighborhood,
barreling through traffic,
impolitely moving cars,
rushing the overdosed addict to the hospital.
And I’m looking out the window,
trash-filled street & husks of burnt cars,
children running around them;
fire hydrant madly spewing water to the sky.
A hot and muggy day
of summer. My family
is moving, again...
Weary walls
graffiti across the hallway.