02 February 2023
I wrote these while out of town to help care for my partner, during her FFS recovery.
Inspired by the nakedly visible income inequality of downtown San Francisco; I never want to forget the sickness that I felt that day.
The system we live in is truly rotten. And the most horrifying part is that we can all treat it as normal.
A pair of socks
in a spider-wrapped lockbox.
More dignity afforded to the K-9
than the man lying
in an alcove
who could use them.
Two cops flank the doors
of the Apple Store.
A sign says:
“This area under video surveillance”,
and I believe it.
Discarded needles
lay on the sidewalk
underneath the feet
of busy shoppers.
No time to read signs
scrawled on damp cardboard
from salvaged boxes.
Check your phones instead.