Trenton Makes The World Takes

Twenty three dark green bottles of Remy

Two bottles of vodka

And one

Kinky Pink Liqueur

Crowd the top 

Of a makeshift memorial

Fashioned from a discarded piece of wooden furniture

Placed in front of cold grey chain link fence

Protecting an even colder grey empty lot

Empty 

Except for the trash

And boarded up windows beyond

The gold emblems of Remy

Shine brightly

Above the red and black labels

On frosted glass

Candles fill the rest of the surface

Some religious

Some in glass Dollar Store jars

Some naked red pillars

Burned down 

In various states

Spilling red wax

Metaphorically

Across the wooden top

And down the sides

Of the piece of salvaged furniture

Pooling on the dirty concrete

With the very real dried blood

Of a brother

Cousin

Father

Son

Lover

Neighbor

Fallen in the dark Trenton night