Poverty exudes odors <br />Desperation takes on hues <br />Uncertainty loudly clamours <br />Homeless move about <br />In a cacophony of sound <br />Illness of the street people <br />Odors abound <br />Fear of future flattens <br />Death of innocence cries loud <br />Odors of the madness <br />Smell of poverty abounds <br />Senses acutely caressing <br />Filth of necessities sins <br />Odors changing futures <br />Individuals meld in sound <br />Poverty exudes odors <br />Ignorance carries loud <br />Smell of desperation <br />No matter the flattened feelings <br />Horror of distorted senses <br />Keeps the homeless <br />In storms <br />Odors abound<br /><br />james smallwood<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-smell/
