#skidrow
if ever you wondered what purgatory
looked like, it's here
whatever these poor ******** did
they have paid
in spades
here on forgotten streets
among the flotsam and jetsam
drifting
from the higher echelons of society
this is Skid Row
the lowest you can go
doorway to hell
Skid Row is everywhere
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022 at 2:05 PM UTC
The landlady pounds, one door left,
And my “Momma’s” chopping chives in the kitchen;
So I wince when
My black hat’s conquered wrought wool.
Right, and right out the window, the workers break,
And my “Uncle’s” feet crack, crack come the chemical grass;
So I concentrate when
My chopsticks carve pork.
“Up,” cries the baby, starved are the mice,
And my “sister” bids farewell to her soldier;
So I grasp when
My feet twitch to understand the cold, cold concrete.
Diesel cooks, so down goes the neighbor,
And the “Missus” smiles with our son atop lap;
So I admit when
I try to smile, I really do.
Herein lies the endurance, the rice paddies ancient,
And we’d all bliss ignorant, come the table we surround;
So I reconcile when
Again, I try to smile, I really do.
Aug 19, 2015
Aug 19, 2015 at 11:28 AM UTC
It is raining and it is Christmas in L.A
the home of paramount pictures and the home of skid row
Each drop multiples heavy
like the narratives given
to justify why
some deserve to be out on the streets
on day like this when the water pours and seeps into their tents bridges cannot hide or cover our collective apathy (shame) as we cross
into the next decade “i am not to blame
if he/ she / they don’t have a home
what a shame.”
Dec 26, 2019
Dec 26, 2019 at 12:28 AM UTC