19th Avenue

by Linda Lee Curtis - Aries

19th Avenue

Every town has a 19th Avenue.
Oh--they might not call it that.
It may be Main Street, Central,
Or even Back Street.

It's a place where cars and people
Meet headlight to face,
Where ladies sell tamales
And holiday flowers,

Where men spit on sidewalks
And the homeless panhandle
Long after the downtown office
Workers have started their jobs.

Yeah, 19th Avenues smell of
Exhaust fumes, burned hamburger grease,
And the discarded refuse of old dreams,
On the way to somewhere, or nowhere.

copyright 2001 Linda Lee Curtis

Reason for writing:

    I wrote this as I was waiting for a bus
on 19th Avenue.    

Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2001-05-22 20:23:49
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:24
Poem ID: 62985

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