Streetcorner Society

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Boypacks,

Thundering hormone tribes,

Limb-fidgets,

Night congregants

At the Church of Wawa

And the Shrine of Krispy Kreme

Stake out their territory.

Gangling gangbanger wannabes

Smell of soap and sweat

Awkward in their grown-up skins

Milling, lazing,

Talking boldly of sex and car keys

Impatient

For the rest of their lives.

— Corey Langer

Corey Langer is a West Windsor resident and a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

CE – US1

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