Naked City 

The street breathes, shuffling by, 

Never pausing to hear a cry, 

The pavement crawls on unaware, 

Filled with people who don't care. 



The city sleeps with no regret 

A live cold rundown brick casket. 



Window eyes watch dingy streets, 

Endless cars drive rythmic beats, 

Everyone rushing with nowhere to go, 

Welcome to the human show. 



People chisel my epithet, 

A marble slab of human debt. 



I'm just one pair of vacant eyes, 

Hid beneath a pile of lies. 

I just stare out one window, 

Watching a city go to hell below. 



The city sleeps with no regret 

A live cold rundown brick casket. 



Children, 

Fax themselves to school 

From grimy street corners 

Dancing with Crystal Meth Monkeys 

Servants awaiting distant summons 

Of the cell phone chapel bell 

Rung in the alley palace. 



Hey man, 

You gotta' stop pulling your hair out in blood clots, 

Cuz' you're out there. Way out there. 



Redemption is the key 

But I can't find it