girls on the boulevard

aglow under the neon

fatherless girls

walk and wait

unprotected

swish, swish

he’ll do it

he’ll fill her with

his DNA and a few bills

then vanish

she’ll remain

vacant

hungry

homeless

sold

we won't see it

we don't watch that

we refuse to go there

our lives don't intersect

hers

but she's there

everyday.