Old men sit
in plastic pink lawn chairs,
smoking cigarettes
halfway down our street.
Counting the cop cars that drive by,
One. Two. Three.
They laugh
with heads thrown back
and missing teeth
at little boys who
roll and play in shopping carts,
crashing-
One, Two, Three!
Little boys lay
in the space between
grey gravel road
and thirsty green grasses.
They laugh
with heads thrown back
and tiny white teeth.
Jun 29, 2025
Jun 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM UTC
Old men sit
in plastic pink lawn chairs,
smoking cigarettes
halfway down our street.
Counting the cop cars that drive by,
One. Two. Three.
They laugh
with heads thrown back
and missing teeth
at little boys who
roll and play in shopping carts,
crashing-
One, Two, Three!
Little boys lay
in the space between
grey gravel road
and thirsty green grasses.
They laugh
with heads thrown back
and tiny white teeth.
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