Inner City Street Cleaning

by R. Gerry Fabian / May 12th, 2024

Bars on the doors and windows.
Shop at specific stores
on certain days
at exact hours.
Pay grudging heed
to street thugs
who prowl the pavement.
Elect the same politicians
who are on the take
until an accidental shooting
where no one saw anyone
at the time of the crime
and television news crews
require
solicited police presence
for the required amount of time
until a heavy rain will
wash the street clean.

R. Gerry Fabian is a published poet from Doylestown, PA. He has published five books of poetry: Parallels, Coming Out Of The Atlantic, Electronic Forecasts, Wildflower Women, as well as his poetry baseball book, Ball On The Mound. Read other articles by R. Gerry.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 12th, 2024 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.