Zoned

by tnsW3r · 14/12/2025
Published 14/12/2025 16:17

The sleet at 4th and Main is gray.

A truck hits a pothole, sending

a fan of oily slush across my shins.

No one taps the brake.


The laundromat where I bought gum

has plywood over the glass now,

crusted with salt and old tape.

A grocery bag caught in the fence

pumps like a thin, white lung.

#alienation #city life #industrial landscape #mundane routine #urban decay

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