Inner Anguish

Two men sitting on a stoop Day dawning as the rush of cars drive by Drinking coffee from Styrofoam cups One old, one young, they discuss the weather Air already warm before the sun has even risen Not a cloud in the sky to promise rain Old woman pushing a shopping cart passed the men Old man nods his head as she shuffles by All her belongings crammed into black garbage bags Girl in scrubs waiting at the corner bus stop Boy in jeans, backpack hangs off one shoulder Looks about his neighborhood with hooded eyes Yesterday’s newspaper lays abandoned on the bench Headlines read Economy in Constant Decline No change to the everyday existence in the inner city