Unnoticed

The weak sunlight struggles through the smoke from surrounding factories Puddling on the patched asphalt excuse of roadways Oozing like grey blood from the gaping rusted gates To circle the lost huddle of trees in their curb side fortress Robbed of leaves by the careless cold grasp of winter Their stark forms leaning like bones from a wound in the earth Shrouds of grimy unread newsprint clinging to grimy feet Cartons from fast food take-aways like discarded confetti Litter the skeletal thorn bushes struggling for life between And there, a bundle of fur and stench reveals The unnoticed resting place of some unwanted pet.