The Gap Between

 

The Gap Between

Stories swirl in a cyclone of loose leaf,
disregarded sentences—
carelessly tossed aside—
litter our streets with anecdotes and
tall tales of
sadness and gloom,
and we are all so afraid of the words tossed around;
these reflections of society.

Two blocks down,
in the district known as
Cardboard City—
where no one walks on their own
after dark,
for fear of coming face to face with this
disease called homelessness—
shelters built out of boxes
settle on beds made from fear,
and the unwanted words of those who have,
blanket the night
for those who have not.