Out Into It

It's a chaotic world,
full of cars,
bikes,
trucks belching out exhaust
and buses carrying people
to minimum wage jobs.
The faces come
in all different forms:
some scowling,
some happy,
some staring down at the ground.
Small children
clasp adult hands;
old women
push shopping carts.
A rich man drives by
in a shiny black BMW.
The people are
angry,
joyful,
bored,
sullen
and everything in between.
Aging drunks
sit in front of the bar
gulping down cheap beer.
Young girls walk by
in orange bikinis
on their way to the beach.
It's a strange,
loud,
crazy world.
I light a cigarette
and walk out into it.