Street Scene

                      Street  Scene




                An old man wrapped in ragged clothes
                pissing on a wall
                legs so frail and spindly
                he looks like he will fall

                Grime faced children looking on
                giggle in delight
                as if they have no cares at all
                of where they'll spend this night

                Smells of puke and reefer smoke
                linger in the air
                whores perform their oral tasks
                as though no folk were there

                Just ahead, a young man lies,
                bleeding in the street
                stabbed for seven dollars
                and the shoes upon his feet

                Not a soul will stop to help
                not one person cares
                just another day of pain
                devoid of hope or prayers


                C.  Lon  R.  Bruso