Rape on Broadway

getting fucked up the ass
H tries to turn over his head
is covered with his blanket
his face smashed into the sidewalk
trying to scream, no sound, nose crushed by
a fist left arm pulled back and broken.
H tries to roll over: the focus
of thoughts fear deny it can't be
this red sparks behind eyes behind
H moves his left thumb over
fingernails and thinks "who will fuck
ing care?" traffic rolls by a truck
rattling the security doors not
a punctuated rape the sun is rising
a punctuation of rape the eastern sky is glowing
an alarm clock ringing in the hotel room above
a TV turned on another bus rolls by
the security door rolls up the hoses spraying
water
wakeup