Day: August 11, 2026

She was quiet in high school
and a nice girl who never
got in any trouble.

So I was surprised to see
her one night in Boston’s
seedy Combat Zone by
herself.

When I and some friends
said hi to her, she looked
embarrassed and acted like
she didn’t know us.

The fact she was alone
on the streets of strippers
and hookers, suggested
she was into bad stuff.

And I don’t know what
happened to that quiet
well behaved girl back
in high school

that led her to the streets
of strippers and hookers
in Boston’s Combat Zone.

Bob Boyd

My friend, Rory, that lucky
bastard, won the mega lottery.
after taxes about $60 million.
Somehow Rory blew it all in
six years of wild spending,
and he got hooked on drugs.
Last time I saw him he was
homeless in the streets and
had lost his once keen mind.
I tried to help him, but he
wouldn’t accept my help or
help from social services.
Now people say he looks
like a walking dead zombie.
Sometimes good luck can
become the worst luck.

Bob Boyd

A Lot of Noise in Preston, Lancashire, UK.
Jubilant, young lads carousing the streets.
At an age when they’re full of extra energy
that they burn off with shouts in the streets,
some get a little too rowdy, and there’s a
price to pay, police restraining them and
taking them away, maybe some jail time.
I’m glad I’m not one of them tonight. On
the ground with police all over them. And
too much noise for me in those streets.
Glad I’m in Greensboro, NC US tonight
instead of noisy Preston, Lancashire UK.

Bob Boyd