Lee_Butler
After Paul Neruda
There’s nothing but death
on these streets.
Nothing but fired bullets
behind bus stops,
stepping on needle lids with new boots,
blunt wraps littered on cracked concrete,
and cigarette butts,
followed by yellow spit and breathless coughs.
These streets are flooded
with the blood of
violence and love lost.
Darling, these streets are nothing but death.
Lee Butler is a sophomore at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They write about the human experience through the eyes of nature and trauma.