Searching customers
Hooked on its charm
Visions of escape
With a shot in the arm...
...a weeping school-girl
An interview with hate
A confidential suggestion
A desperate trade
Ransacked apartment
Belt round her throat
Fog blurs her vision
And her last hope
‘Say-no-to-drugs’ bumper sticker
On the landlord’s mini-van
Sign in the window says
‘Apartment for rent’
© Janet Martin
Wow! What a wonderful write!
ReplyDeleteHeartbreaking, Janet. All too true of our times. Powerful piece.
ReplyDeletePamela
Strong images here, Janet.
ReplyDeleteWow. Powerful. I like how you've hinted at so much with your words and images, and left so much for the reader to put it together.
ReplyDeleteRichard
Whoa didn't expect that. did very good job with it.
ReplyDeletereally powerful.. like Mr.Walker said, great use of the words and images and the things left unsaid say a whole lot more too..
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