Random Flashes of Meaninglessness

dusty roads and alleyways
glimpses into the dark
what happens in your stable?
what crimes have you done
over there betwixt
the car and the fence?
out on the highways
lightening flashes speeding by
and a bullet's whine
brings you back to hell
to hang in the midst
of your own stench
sear away the innocence
of a childhood lost
gone to the dogs
burn away the layers
peel back the flesh
until finally you expose
the ugliness within