The alley has a way of holding trash

by tnsW3r · 28/11/2025
Published 28/11/2025 09:32

The alley has a way of holding trash

until the season forces it to hide.

The sky is coming down in gray and ash,

nowhere for the dirty parts to slide.


It settles on the mattress by the bin,

where grease has made a map of someone’s back.

The flakes are thin as paper, or as skin,

vanishing inside the spots of black.

#environmental #impermanence #marginal spaces #urban decay

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