City

source

Tunnel

vision opens 

grey monsters towering

torn tenements

evil intents

tense movements

quick quick quick

can't stop 

can't look at map

tourist trap

don't get trapped

don't smile

don't make eye contact

don't get conned

don't get

beat beat beat

Pulse of the city beats

faster and faster

feel the blood throb

flash mob

flash flesh

fresh flesh

walking the street

looking to score

looking to scare

looking scared

scarred

looking

looking

City don't care.

submitted for Thursday Think Tank 77, the City, at Poets United

NJ Transit

Early morning
New Jersey Transit
137 into
the City
Suburban grandmas
shellacked nails, hair
lunch, shop, show
Young girl
facade cracking
running mascara
smeared lipstick
black eye
concealer can't
conceal
crying, cursing into
bejeweled cellphone
Drunk nods
says, "That's right"
looks for cigarette stubs
asks for change
Cold water restroom
no towels
Waiting
for the bus to
take us
somewhere else.

Neon and Black

image source

Drag queens in full bloom

Urban hip black shed for black

Spring in NYC

submitted for dVerse Poets Pub, Going Urban