outside Sam's Liquor
children dabble in cigarettes
their stolen bicycles
scattered in the dusty alley
like wounded horses
last night
they pillaged McDonald's
threw frozen beef patties
at cars on slow cruise
up & down the bruised blvd.
even Jose
the neighborhood dope dealer
offered them jobs
making heroin drops
after school
but like tiny fires
soon consumed into one
these kids
just continue to burn
& burn chaos through
the sleepy barrio streets
