On the Road to the Contagious Crack House
By Dave Roskos
Published 12 February 2021
row houses
occupied by their original owners
first generation Hungarian
immigrants brought in
to the states by Johnson
& Johnson early in the
20th century
plaster Madonnas
& no shortage
of shrines
an occasional
goldfish pond
gone brackish
with dis-
ease
4 foot high
chain link
fences
gates
off kilter
scratching
grooves into
the sidewalk—
& everything
leaning a little.