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NaPoWriMo Day 1: Street of Man

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Day one of NaPoWriMo has arrived and with it a piece that is an attempt, slight though it may be, of poetry written in prose form. I’m not certain where it will lead (if anywhere) or what I may do with the punctuation, but here is my offering to the first day of NaPoWriMo…

Street of Man

Ethereal scents of wine mixed with sweat drift through thick heated air down the blue-collar street full of no-name bars, where the factory men go each evening to have their needs met.

It has been said that on this street, on this night, whatever it is you need, or believe yourself to need, can be found behind any one of these rusting, scarred, doors which hold within an elixir to assist in removing the layers of troubles life has handed out to unsuspecting souls.

This street used to be clean, spotless, without blemish on the outside. Families lived their quiet lives above the storefronts that housed various businesses catering to the middle class of the town.

Now lined with neon crosses of storefront churches offering salvation to the sinner hanging out in the porn shop next door.

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