Drab discoloration <br />Of faces, façades, pawn-shops, <br />Second-hand clothing, <br />Smoky and fly-blown glass of lunch-rooms, <br />Odors of rancid life… <br /> <br />Deadly uniformity <br />Of eyes and windows <br />Alike devoid of light… <br />Holes wherein life scratches - <br />Mangy life <br />Nosing to the gutter's end… <br /> <br />Show-rooms and mimic pillars <br />Flaunting out of their gaudy vestibules <br />Bosoms and posturing thighs… <br /> <br />Over all the Elevated <br />Droning like a bloated fly.<br /><br />Lola Ridge<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bowery-afternoon/
