we're all in this together

the streets are quiet tonite...only a few days until christmas and everyone has fled for the suburbs and its warm lights and roaring fires...watching the migration is both empty and joyful...i stand with a wave and a smile, "goodbye" i say silently, "goodbye"...coming home on the subway, everyone carrying packages, the capitalism of their love...i think about the past holidays, the good and the sad...it all floats away with the crescent moon, the highway-ed autos, the rhythmic trains...by bus, by flight, by foot...all are going and coming...i sit here tear-eyed along with the mice and the roaches and wonder why...what is all this shit?...aw fuck it, let's go bowling...