![Abandoned cactus cat scratching post on 9th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cactus-1-scaled.webp)
Rough Night Out
![Abandoned cactus cat scratching post on 9th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cactus-1-scaled.webp)
I escaped the claws of a lion
To be abandoned in the rain,
But I was gloriously free
To start my life again.
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cactus-2-768x1024.webp)
But the night brought a recklessness
That only a sad mind can understand,
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cactus-3-1024x768.webp)
Because when you’re alone in Hell’s Kitchen
You’re vulnerable to the cruelties of man.
Now my freedom is gone,
Vanished with the deluge of the storm.
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cactus-4-768x1024.webp)
And walking by my heartbreak on the sidewalk
Has become our sad society’s norm.
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cactus-6-1-768x1024.webp)
So goodbye 9th Avenue,
And all of your shady tricks.
I may be a cactus,
But y’all are the real pricks.
![](https://nyctrashstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cactus-5-768x1024.webp)
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