LIFE UNDER A BRIDGE

Discarded hypodermic

Filthy used condom

Dank soot caked floor

Graffiti adorns the asylums walls

Empty mouthwash bottle

Never blue

Every drunk knows it gives you the runs

Sweat stained urinal

Behind makeshift cardboard stall

Arrogant heartless motorists

Honk their horns of disgust

Hells doorbells

Lice infested pillow

Tattered blanket

Reeks of putrid body odor

Temporary bed for the weary road warrior

Empty foil wrapper

Remnants of cracks dominance

The devil himself

Concocts this deadly rock

Blind existence

Addictions bitter pill

Debasements kingdom

In the heart of every town

I grieve our continued head in the sand

To ignore this awful blight

Civil massacre

Pure and simple

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2005