Sober

Empty, drunken beer cans
      clatter noisily down an empty, 
             sober alley

under a drowsy neon halo
      of a tipsy lamp post
             beneath a groggy moon!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Pigeon Tart Avatar
May 21, 2019 at 8:07 AM
Awesome piece!
Naces Avatar
May 29, 2019 at 10:11 PM
Thanks, Maureen.
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