the street

[slowlyunfolding]

late at night
silent city
or so it seems
drunken men shouting
stumbling and arguing their way
into the building
across the street
after sitting in their car
stereo blasting the bossanova
this neighbourhood
out of time
with the rest of the city
it’s never really quiet here
even the buildings ache
groaning with loneliness


(from 2005)