Friday, August 30, 2013

Street

Street
Black disk gum street
Hurried feet street
Knock off designer sandles
Slap Slap Slap
Hard street
Sirens, cars and buses
Nowhere street
Do you wanna buy your next fix?
Drugs, purses take your pick
Mental Health” street

Holy street
Grey street
1 tree
2 trees
3 trees street
Busy street
No laughter just
Hurried talk
And Jesus street
Come inside before it's too late
Fearful prayer street

It smells like struggle
and clutching, holding, growing
culture and family street
It sounds like survival
and selling and making
It feels like loneliness and full
not enough room
too full street

I don't believe in the God you're selling
I must not want it enough
too sensitive for the hustle
I can't afford your scam
I can't help you survive
on these streets

Excuse me

I'm trying to get by

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