Falsetto screams of beggars and teens
Shatter my dreams of slumber on the subway,
Southbound
and stacked...

Unwritten boundaries of propriety crumble
Under petulant pleas for pennies, compulsive giggles
and a mindless medley of random profanity...

My urban shell swells,
Adding a coarse layer of indifference into
the ever-shrinking space between
sound values and the urge to crudely pound
A defiant fist into the rude faces of insensitivity...

Instead,
I lower blood-red beats over
my sleepy head and
turn up the volume....

~ Pablo (#brooklynTough)
1/25/2014