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The City Circle

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After the over priced
imposter gourmet meal,
I treated my boy and I
to a single and double Copenhagen.

A trip up the stairs,
now splattered with ice cream,
threatened to top off
our run of disappointments.

But I was adamant
to keep smiling
as a flash of fear and
disappointment struck him.

With my relieved smiling boy,
replacement icecream in hand,
I notice the sullen young man
amidst the packed platform.

Boarding the train I see
the sullen young man now,
hands in pockets and nervous eyes,
joined by the weeping young woman.

Memories of public displays
of anger, grief and outpouring
of endless tears and ranting
come flooding back to me.

The train halted forward
leaving behind the barefoot
homeless man asleep
outstretched on the platform bench.

In juxtaposition to a life
in a balled plastic bag
serving as a pillow,
a smiling posing woman unaware.

As the train speeds into
darkness of tunnel then night,
the ugly city smell lingers
and I close my eyes to ignore it.
A day in the life...and mere observations
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