February 27, 2008

Underground Avenue

These muck lined tunnels
teach a history lesson
that stains my hands.
Spirit dampened

worse than my socks.
Endless incremental sloshes
in slimy darkness.
Blindness is my companion.

If only my nose were blind.
Catching a fish-market fragrance
or fresh worm feces.
Both equally unpleasant.

Enraptured at the cliché up ahead,
my eyes adjust.
Only to be welcomed
by tripping

on acid rain.

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