Outside My Window
I peer out of my
bedroom window
at the sights below
An alley plagued with
potholes
strewn with refuse
A liquor store
A dumpster overflowing
with the detritus
of the day’s business
A starving stray cat
I’ve fed before
Jalopy cars
A half empty discarded
bottle of beer
or possibly piss
Either is equally likely
here
A couple fighting
as they stagger back
from the bars
for there’s nothing
better to do
but drink and argue
A hopeless hamlet
is my home
so different from
your own
though the same
stars shine
above me
that you see
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