Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

South Chicago Night

"Night is drifters..."

South Chicago Night

Night is drifters,
sugar rats, street walkers, pickpockets, pimps,
insects, Lake Michigan perch,
neon signs blinking half the bulbs
burned out.






Article © Michael Lee Johnson. All rights reserved.
Published in the October 21, 2019 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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Fuzzy
10/21/2019
11:52:02 PM
Cool. I like the bit about the neon signs.
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