Not a real place
just an area
of Buffalo
Frigid winters
and hot humid summers
in between beautiful springs and falls
Old Irish and Polish
Lower-middle class
Chevy Plant
Blue-collar
Trap
Work days
Drink nights
a tavern on every corner
No one gets out from under the “Rock”
© Patrick Farrell 1995
This poem was published in the Fall 1994 Bayou Review
