Everything is an echo through the alleyway street in mid-afternoon Children scream from some far away park Dishes clatter and smash in a house, of which I do not see Dogs bark, gravel pit succumbs Bass raptures that rupture the ear drums of the passenger Tyre skid, rows of flower pots damaged Growling, forever growling the beasts on bikes Clatter the gates, what matters these days? ssffffFFFFAAARRRRUMPH! Triumph race the boys in pretty cars Coughing kids and the coffee drop pits rup rup rowww rupp! Tip tapping of heels on paving slabs Most are broken and make a click clack noise Children running, dud dud dud dud duddudududud Careless rain lost in the crest of a cliff face "AH O DA DOOOR!" "NAHHH EE DID DOE" And spluttering engines revving on tarmac- "MUMMMEH MUMMEH MUUUUUU-" The revving begins again, the noise never ceases Low rumble of the wheelie bin on crooked slabs Smell the rain as it sets and laundry as its removed from lonely lines Hissing cars in the ******* rain Hear music, its life's music, every word a jumble in a proletariat (e)state
In a brief moment of silence there's an ethereal chill as a shrill cry from miles away resonates to me and my tapping on the keys are deadened by the accumulative sound of reactionary ghosts.