Dark Corner Conversation Haiku

poem by: Q. Ramirez
Written on Apr 03, 2015 

Dark Corner Conversation Haiku

Tran
sparent
ly (brownblack)
i stand  (cas
ting lucid sha
(sardonic)dows)
eyeing 
my pro(slum, ghetto, barrio)
ject (government) home from
the dark (darker than darkest) st
reet cor
	ners.
		-Wha’s hap’penin blood
		-You got it cuz - jus chillen
		-Yu know tha’s righteous -
- ese
elbow pits iced (colder than chilled)
holed with steel (dim
inutive) tub(needle)ing
passingjointssnortingcoke &
sniffingglue.

 

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