Smoke and broken windows
An electric bug zapper
Two young girls walking
in the middle of the street
A sweet shop that never closes
A man who sleeps in the bus shelter
and can see the future
A slashed tire
Ten nails connected with wire
A solitary syringe
Patches of honeysuckle
A bull carcass
All the trash cans on the block ablaze
Brown snow
to match the grass
New rust on your sister’s car
A friend who never came back home
A woman whose smile
you are never allowed to see
Vomit under the tree
Your granddad
who still haunts his house
A new neighbour you hear beating his wife
A woman who chain-smokes
and never steps into the sunlight.
Dirty socks on the sidewalk
A boy who takes care of his sick mother.
An old lady who hands you
crabapples over the fence
A condom with grass stuck on it
A rabbit waiting to get hit
A young man they found in the alley
A boy you believed was your brother
A sunset you only see for a moment
Something your mother
said didn’t exist
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