Peeking Through Alley Fence Peekhole
Hey! A peek hole in the alley fence
weird but of course I have to stop
hear birds, not sure what kind, black though
a man whistling a tune my grandpa probably knows
it sounds familiar; it is a young guy with a blue cap
He looks like my grandpa; I wonder about his heritage
I snicker knowing my grandpa would be horrified
Being a Baptist minister and self-righteous and stuff.
A young girl with brown hair sits in an apartment across the alley
She is staring down here, I try to figure out what she is looking at
Is that a dead body? Wait! It’s a mannequin without a head.
A headless mannequin wearing a yellow and pink striped dress.
And one red shoe; what ever happened to fashion sense?
Someone dumped a lumpy black garage bag.
Maybe that one has a body in it; this is a weird place.
Smelly too; there are potent fragrances. I see a rat with ugly tail.
Green metallic garbage dumpsters, one has lots of graffiti on it,
a skull, a cow, a couple of daisies, a lightning bolt.
I get tired of looking now and wander away.
But I will be back.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2021
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