On My Block IV or Loud On
them sirens sing a song
of despair all night
smoky sits speed trap ready
blue & red lights tinted
by the orange day glow haze
of high pressure sodium
sitting high in judgment
flash steady on my walls
i turn over hoping
i don’t hear gun clap
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Makes me think of 5th street, excellent representation of a place some walk,but never live. My favorite so far.
“orange day glow” and “sodium” have me thinking about my pill bottles and i see the voice of this poem reading to us from within one of ’em…
appropriately ominous. this one made me shiver a little.
LOVE