Southside
emptiness lives here
closed factories
sandlots covered be barbwire fences.
to live here you need to belong to some click of people.
these people drink all day
eating like pigs
unruly kids on a diet of sugar and domestic violence.
they have homes,some of them
drinking in front wearing baggy clothes to cover up there physical flaws.
never loved it here
never belonged here
But I have lived here with this trash.
broken down cars
broken down lives
a desperation married to sundays that hang a sign that says closed.
kill me,I'm not coming back here
to a parade of chainsmokers and buffet eaters
not for me.
fought alot here
fought in the streets
fought in saloons
fought all the time
this place brought out the worst in me.
you don't live here,you do time here and pray something better comes along.
Copyright © Frank Penicaro | Year Posted 2017
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