daylight
a crimson slash
refracted across
an unwilling
skyline of
concrete
condemnations

i see the wolves
fangless
howling in ill
fitting sheep suits
proclaiming
salvation in the
clink of coinage
replacing courage
with conniving
bartering eternity
with lower case t’s

downtown is empty
but for fools
with homeless hearts
begging for change
incapable of it
impoverished souls
with faded signs
promising paradises
unwanted and unseen