Monday, August 24, 2020

steam escapes a bathroom window



at sunrise
reminiscent of
2 hots & a cot
a few doors down
from the salvation army store
key west

there's red paint
like blood
to prove you were there
the poets left phrases
they no longer wanted
some of them wandering off
to look for the old used bookstore
along truman avenue

everything has changed
and maybe
nothing has really changed
put a mask on
you need to dodge
the border patrol
and the virus
as it burns through
every charlatan
& magic potion

--- e b bortz

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