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Alleyways

Alleyways


Ill thought of entryways,
back doors for the less than,
dimly lit to conceal the other side
of Main Streets façade.
Trash cans, disputed bounty
of the homeless and rodents,
loose change of empty cans
and bottles rattling in old
carts, recyclers by default.
Film covered windows
overlooking the bleakness
of immigration’s flaws.
Scented breezes wafting
across oceans, introducing
themselves. Echoed footsteps
trudging littered alleyways,
entering darkened doors.
Homes that offer laughter
and a muted ray of light 
to flicker ‘mid the colorless
ill thought of entryways.

John G. Lawless
12/8/2013
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Fleming Avatar
July 5, 2015 at 12:56 PM
This is good prose, John. Very well done! :) john
Onclaud Avatar
June 24, 2015 at 4:07 PM
perceptive, grating view of the other side of town and delivered well, john... beautiful!.. huggs
Lawless Avatar
June 24, 2015 at 5:12 PM
Nette, my parents were immigrants so I am not too far removed from the tenements and streetlights.
Holmes Avatar
June 24, 2015 at 8:40 AM
Tough life in those alleys!....thanks for the comment John....Peter.
Lawless Avatar
June 24, 2015 at 5:09 PM
Peter, it seems every generation of immigrants enters through those same alleyways. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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