Bleak Street

getting into a taxi
I asked the driver
to take me to Bleak Street

not heard of Bleak Street, 
he said, but it sounds depressing
run down, uninspiring
desperate
bleak

I got out of the taxi
thanks, I said
how much do I owe you
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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