leaky pipe
dripping
into a metal bucket
lights flickering
humm
pop
drip
closing in, a children’s song echo
through crumbling walls:
ring
around
the roooosiee
humm
pop
drip
an older lady propped
outside her apartment
flicking a lighter
shaky death stick
the light and a sweet sizzle
h
p
d
triple shift lethargy
feeble gripping keys
sweaty open palms
grasping folding walls
slipping
h
d
p
ring
around
the
rooo
si
Saint's Muse 