water seeping into the sidewalk's concrete
like a stain over the dry heart of the city;
letting loose the disparate
smells and sounds of a mummified concern;
(treasuries and armories of aching beauty)
and empathy captured by a teasing
Indian Summer andallofthis
blows away
with the cold wind against a paint store window
a man sitting in a puddle of red acrylic
the tin open beside him
to collect the change
like a stain over the dry heart of the city;
letting loose the disparate
smells and sounds of a mummified concern;
(treasuries and armories of aching beauty)
and empathy captured by a teasing
Indian Summer andallofthis
blows away
with the cold wind against a paint store window
a man sitting in a puddle of red acrylic
the tin open beside him
to collect the change