promise is a promise
Steve Coel
1
today
doorway
long corridor.
2
place used to be arcade.
not now.
shop's long gone
roofs caved in see,
and steel mesh windows
all been ripped out
by scrappies.
walls still decorated
each week though,
courtesy of local youth.
no charge.
3
nice touch that.
4
so you could say
is quiet round this way
now there's nothing
left to nick.
5
council keeps saying
places like this
is going to be developed.
we'll see.
6
meantime,
is where i comes
to spend my days.
finish jobs i's
been doing
during the night.
7
i'll have finished
in about six months
anyways.
8
do what the fucks
they like then.
all of them.
9
and if they ever
ever finds
what i's been hiding
round here,
won't be any
comeback.
10
promise is a promise.
Microflashfiction
Steve Coel
An 11.59 Publication
