City in Heat
City in Heat
[3: 00 am]
screaming cat
in heat,
begging
for a fk
[3: 15 am]
goddmn
car alarm siren
wails loudly,
non-stop
Furious,
I pound
on the
neighbors
screen door...
'what the
hell do u
want! ' a
voice yells
in the
darkness,
through the
dirty, rusted
screen
'Turn off
your fkin'
car alarm! '
I yell back-
turn and
walk away
fighting
across the
street.
at an all-night
house party.
sirens screaming,
red lights
glow
through
my drawn
drapes
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poem by Tim Labbe
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