Urban – Living in the Down Below

The young man is
bleeding out
on frozen pavement.
Surrounded by lights,
strangers,
his life seeps,
fading,
as…

Your job, convenience;
stories and sirens not yours -
so far, our luck holds.

Encircling the playground,
the yellow crime scene tape flutters in the wind
as the police crawl all over with their baggies and cameras
and…