On Jones Street

v i a . w o r n - s m o o Ⴕ h :

The woman on the corner calls out
Awwww honey, what you need?

Men sell klonapin and dilaudid
and balloons full of dirty chewing gum

A bearded man stands in the intersection and banishes demons
he points at me and I walk away as fast as I can

the man on the bus says
It’s not like it used to be
when I was in for murder, you were out in 5 years

They arrested the prostitutes
and now only the desperate are left

The ambulances scream past
so many, I don’t hear them anymore

NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY