Take the staircase
up
fluorescent light flashing
concrete + steel loneliness
new stains
past the sleeping man
with no legs
up
out to dark city morning
cars speed on First Ave
headlights like lightning
sporadic pedestrians
wraiths in fog
a taxi idles in the alley
exhaust and headlights
city of skunk
I arrive at work
less human than yesterday
when I walk out that last time
on both legs
singing
the legless man will be gone
but not my car
vessel of freedom
I speed from the garage
to reclaim my life
truthfront 