Today’s rehearsal
Emptiness behind their eyes

Like clockwork
Just after sunrise

Now center stage
With no chagrin

“Come One, Come All”

Folded bills with change
Fill their tin

“Visions of Cheeseburgers”
Reads one sign

Synchronized takers
In controlled madness aligned

I hit rock bottom
Truly lost it all

Wealth soon forgotten
Now against the wall

Flip of the coin

I land face down

I used to pass
This side of town