Thoroughfare Vagrant

small gamine
squalling
a token of
abandonment

frame fatigued
and worn
dogs barking
shuffling
staggering along

perception is
attentive
trepidation encircling
anticipate
every night terror
drawing breath

attempts to
remain afloat
recollection of
a barren
buckthorn

recumbent on
cobble stone
drawing the
drapery to
one’s
subconscious
to arise
nevermore