there was...

     a russian jew
     six years in the u.s.
     (persecuted on fifth avenue)

     a machine masticated man
     at a u.s. postal facility
     (much like he had done before
     to cow parts and chickens)

     a chubbyfat smelly woman
     smearing red lipstick
     across the crack in her face
     (on the bus)

     a war between chambermaids
     on the fiftieth floor
     (amidst the extravagant decor)

     a broken beer bottle on the ground
     (where the black baby took
     her first steps)

there was
and is
and will be...