Alleyways
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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 © John Lawless | Year Posted 2015
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