professional thieves and lunatic royalty rule the alleys and burned out geniuses collecting cans to earn the morning's medicine fighting off last night's tremors vampyre women that eat men alive and live in darkness and nobody's ever seen the forest central park predators Mad Hatter transplants and eternal sages who stay drunk by being interesting and getting good at giving tourists a smooth line of ******* (you can always spot the tourists in new york. they are the only ones wearing bright colors. in portland, they can be spotted by similar means, but the eye must be trained. the city abounds with sprouts) always looking up
eternal chatter of madness from corners, doorways, windows, liquor stores *** barrels floating on tears with a police state terror squad 2 floors above killing justice and truth black ties jumping out windows of Wall St. cracked by pressure and greed and ego street hustlers retiring at 35- or dead at 13 the street musician dying from apathy he is a withering poppy flower cut and bleeding