notes in a

taxi cab at 2 a.m:

down on the filthy side

of town

the phosphorescent

red tail lights

arc like bloodlines

through the static discharge

resounding in the night

and the tense intonation

of bar room blast

dissipates

in the vaporous stench

of gasoline fumes

piss stains

and whore scent

as the police sirens wail

and the parasites

suck sleeping dogs dry

oblivious in the violet hue

no one hears

the fragile scream

as the moths

fall to their death

in the headlights

beam

U.V.Ray

Birmingham, England

28th Jan 2008.