Graffiti

Scribbled on public urinal walls 
Scrawled on latrines of cinema halls 
Sexy messages with illustration 
Depicting process of procreation 
Pithy remarks voicing political conviction 
Agitprop's propaganda in cute slogan 
Sometimes so obscene that the reader is blushed 
Sometimes so confusing that he is nonplussed 
Often revealing a pent up feeling 
Or divulging clandestine dealing 
Is this advanced version of caveman drawings? 
Or stark human soul that in darkness sings? 
Shall we call it safe dumping of public id? 
Or hungry hearts that in loneliness bleed? 
Be it as it may, it's something grotesque 
And for its advance weeds of taboo bushwhack 
It's hazardous to ignore writings on walls 
Though it neither bewitches nor enthralls
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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