No Exit Alleyways

Shanty town ramshackle abandoned souls
Voodoo possessed abrasive friction matchboxes
Ignitable stick figures rattling inside
Crusty scabs ready to strike

Ghostly junkyard scrap iron cemetery
Holes patched with sticky tarpaper
Corrugated steel rooftops dripping rust
Fierce thunderstorm downbeat lightning discharge

Grub worms wriggle through filth
Smarmy hagglers peddle unwanted leftovers
Addicts desperate for quick fix
Pitiless hell bent condemned nightmares

Charles Frederickson is a Swedish-American Pragmatic Idealist, Chronic Optimist and Heretical Believer who has wandered intrepidly through 206 countries, an original sketch and poem for each presented on the web site below. Spreading revitalized roots and wings in Thailand, he has devoted the past eight months to volunteer tsunami relief and support within the educational sector. 80+ publications on 5 continents.

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