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Poetry & Fiction

downtown is dead

by Suzi Q. Smith

Jun 14, 2024
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even the pigeons
don’t go down there anymore
my reflection in the buildings
looks like a ghost

the city killed the pigeons off
put up spikes they just built nests in
put up poison
sent them flying in circles

‘til they got lost
or dropped dead
the city was tired
of their crap
cleaning it
over and over

the city hates its poor
and everyone knows
pigeons…

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