Hope

Buttoned denim jacket

A white canvas,

hiding the hatchet,

pink 58 patch sewn

shoulders, bulky and large,

onto the bare back.

a size too big

On the way

for the frame

to the movie

underneath. A portrait of tattered

the icy wind brushes

patches cover the elbows

against the arms,

ripped to shreds by

a silhouette of

the sunlight gleaming

glitter marking

through the window as the

the sidewalk. Tears

fire draws closer and closer,

healed by the universal truth

flames up up up toward

for every addict, the drug the

the gallery of-

denim-covered heart is hooked on-

hope