California Avenue
California Avenue
Shells of two story houses
line a brick-laden street
single dwellings
converted into apartment buildings.
The street of acquaintances
becomes one of strangers,
and no one seems to care
about those who come and go,
and they don’t care, either.
Stories told resonate,
of summer nights
when people sat on porches
and invited passersby
to join conversations.
Facades of houses remain
and hide parceled interiors
now rented, lives hidden
in walls of their creation.
Copyright © Mike Bayles | Year Posted 2011
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