Asphalt Lunch

Ravaged fast-food bags thrown by the way
French fries lumped or scattered
Bits of bread and ketchup, maybe a pickle.

The paper will blow
Or some good soul will pick it up
But the fragments of food fill the bellies 
And clog the arteries of the innocents.

The city birds feast.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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January 22, 2018 at 2:44 PM
You have a great way with words and describing things... sad time Lark... Well written..
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January 22, 2018 at 3:22 PM
Thank you so much for reading it. I agree, it is sad.
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January 22, 2018 at 3:22 PM
Thank you so much for reading it. I agree, it is sad.
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