I WAS FORCED TO WALK

  CENTRAL AVENUE
EVERY DYING CHILD'S PLAYGROUND
I USED TO BE
       THAT PUNKROCKER
              OVER THERE
       KIDS DRESSED IN BLACK
       GIRLS WITH SHAVED HEADS
              PIERCED EYEBROWS
                     ADDING TO THE
       FAMILIAR SCENT OF CAR EXHAUST

  CENTRAL AVENUE
GIRLS WITH STONE FACES
THE BODY IS THE COMMODITY
MEN CHUGGING LISTERINE
                     TO FORGET WHERE THEY
                                                 ARE

  CENTRAL AVENUE
THE FRONTIER RESTAURANT
WHERE POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS
       DRINK AWFUL COFFEE
       TALK SHIT ALL DAY

ALWAYS ANGRY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
PLOT TO KEEP MARIJUANA ILLEGAL

WHERE THE INTERCHANGEABLE
HOMELESS DRONE
"CAN YOU SPACE SOME CHANGE, MAAAAAAAAAN?",
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR REASONS

CENTRAL AVENUE
I LOVE YOU
LIKE A WHORE
LOVES JESUS


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