Skid Row L.A Poem by Daniel Miltz

America's Skid Row
Ghetto-ville sits in downtown Los Angeles
In dissipated camps under canvases
People living and sleeping in shadow
On walkways that overflow
Rear entryways that are bare
Nobody seems to be going anywhere
Numerous on the avenues busy
Once an extraordinary American city
There are not many victor moments here
Cursed and reviled urban picture
With a relinquished midtown center
That is Los Angeles
The country's shanty town dress
The nation's Skid Row capital express

© daniel miltz