Dusk was approaching the scattered few drunkards slumped toward the river on rot iron benches The Book of Mormon Lay safely underneath the trailer In Kerouac park That houses supplies for blizzards The streets were surprisingly empty for the first time I felt hope? Even the tags on the dumpsters next to the track marks Struck me as innocent Adorned with halos The deserted liquor store Counter a plastic wrap of doom
After a walk through my neighborhood while quarantined due to covid-19