Chronic Misunderstandings

Sushi misunderstandings,
Damnable doors that only swing one way,
Cold slabs of meat that hang in windows,
Cars and cars and cars and cars and
Cars that crash beneath my balcony, voices spark,
Howl and groan and cry to their dead parents,
Dead lovers, dead selves,
Needles in the sidewalk cracks,
Etiquette posh and pomp, pale men
Running their frail hands over buildings,
Women clacking, hot messes spitting up chow,
A child trips and falls in the road and a driver threatens
Bloody murder, murder, murder, bloody flowers
Clattering together in bouquets that rarely
Get enough light, we rarely get
Enough sunshine.

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