unhallowed streets

UNHALLOWED STREETS

I WANDER THROUGH THE LONELY STREETS
THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH IDIOTS AND CREEPS
UNDER THOSE DIM LAMPOSTS AND POLLS,
I SEE DARKNESS AND POTHOLES

I CROSSED ONE REDLIGHT TO ANOTHER
BUT, I SAW NO PASSENGER
WHAT I SAW WERE BUSES AND TRAMS LOADED WITH UNFAMILIAR FACES,
WHICH LOOKED SALLOW AND JAUNDICED.

THE STREETS LOOKED DREARY
IT’S ELEVEN THIRTY NOW, AND I’M RETURNING HOME
BUT, I DECIDE TO DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY TODAY
ALAS! I REACH THAT ALLEY

I PLAY SOME MUSIC, AND RECITE THE LYRICS
FROM SOME DISTANCE I SEE AN INN
WITHOUT MUCH ADO I BOARD IN.

THE PRECINCTS INSIDE WAS LIVELY
THE HOSTESS SERVING SOME SCOTCH AND WINE APPROACHES ME
WHILE AN ANONYMOUS VISITOR CAPTIVATES ME

HIS GAZE IS BEWITCHING,
MY HEART IS UNDER HIS SPELL.
I’M THREE DRINKS DOWN NOW AND FEEL TIPSY

THE VISITOR COMES TO ME AND TAKES ME IN HIS ARMS
HE WHISPERS IN MY EARS “HOW MUCH FOR A NIGHT?”
MY EYES FREEZE AND BODY IS STILTED
“WHAT?” I RETORT, AND HE LAUGHS A DEVIL’S LAUGH

I PICK MY CAR KEYS AND LEAVE THE INN
WITH TEARS IN MY EYES, I NOW LEAVE WITH A FEEL OF A RAMPANT.
TO THE SAME STREETS WHICH LOOK MALIGNANT!