Friday, October 16, 2009

Vacant Addresses - 38 Jackson Street

Two blocks down, right at Jackson and Hope
Asian lady says, I’m only half a mile
away yet I drive past it each time
I go around.
Kids shoot hoops in the street near
Roosevelt School #10, Passaic Industrial section
Beth Israel Hospital
double-deck two family homes, porches
amidst glass-strewn streets
on which girls walk barefoot
and play double dutch.
House for sale by owner.
No number listed.
No trespassing.
Warning: pitbull inside.
I’m home.

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