junkies at the bus
stop
late morning drunk
watching the junkies argue at the bus stop
across the street from a middle school
two whiskeys on an empty stomach
and i feel foolish and miserable for getting drunk so easily
swearing at the sun
sweating in a fifty degree morning heat
when it was twelve degrees three days ago
the junkies are in winter coats and snowcaps
stumbling all over the place
they don’t seem to be affected by the weather at all
they were laughing at first
but then they started pushing each other into an iron fence
where kids are playing basketball on recess
and eating their early lunches
the junkies are one man and one woman
the man seems to have the upper hand on this one
so he must be a republican
the woman keeps smiling at him
trying to bat him away
i think she thinks he’s still joking
but he keeps pushing her into the fence
blocking her out when she angles for some space
and there are cops riding by doing nothing about this
and cars honking at each other at yellow lights
and i am cursing myself for getting somewhat drunk before
noon
two whiskeys on an empty stomach
proving to me that i’m not as solid iron as i used to be
the male junkie just won’t stop his harassment
he keeps pushing and pushing the woman
wiping the smile off of her face with a shove to the chin
i wish they’d kiss and make up
leave this scene to go and shoot up somewhere
have junkie sex and pass out to soap operas or talk shows
it’s got to be bad for the school kids
to see something like this
or maybe it’s common and i’m the prude today
my sensitivity heightened
from the whiskey and heat
and by the time the bus comes
i’m desperate to leave this behind me
to again look upon the good in humanity
but all i get are people on the bus
moaning and mortal
frowning and constipated by life
coughing and sneezing their disease
bitching at someone else
on a cell phone
ruining their day as well
as those junkies and my stupidity
have ruined mine.
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