Early signs of the ignorant and the intolerant,
a rock through a window,
some graffiti upon the bus shelter,
a disgruntled council worker,
an alcoholic stumbling in the supermarket aisles,
yes, early signs of the times, a new day dawning,
a homeless person awaking in the doorway,
a drug addict stealing someone's wallet,
a man punching a traffic warden,
7.45 am, 7.45 am, and they are alive, barely alive,
those of such malcontent,
and discombobulated thoughts,
those whose intellect is hard to find.