Dahmer got fifteen life sentences today I'm visiting friends in the hospital too much fear too little life for much too long and all the traffic of the windshields filled with needy and greedy eyes someone placed a rose on the sidewalk for St. Monica see the shabby man in the park drop a sleeping bag like it was his dead soul see the cadillac lady see the skateboard boy see the man hold the crinkled cardboard sign will work for food please the lady steps out of her sports club in her pink sports clothes handing her valet ticket to the valet there's one man on each bus stop bench one with a bridled retriever for eyes one with a shabby t-shirt that reads where exactly are we.