Papers leafed from
tan leather seats.

Decorative ceiling
gently illuminated.

Accounting alterations
create a vast paper profit.

II

Above old newspapers an
illegal sign requests money.

Morning sky clear,
temperature freezing.

Alcove lined
with cardboard boxes.

III

Separated by
two stories of building.

By years of strata,
history and fortune.

Respective felonies only
meet in glass shadows.