The idea behind City Streets stemmed from my distaste for larger cities, and how I often do not feel comfortable in that setting. However, the narrator in this story is that of a homeless man rather than myself.

The narrator starts with two rhetorical questions, the second question being "How do you suppose a star can shine through a cityscape skyline?" This line references the fact that in a bright city the stars may be dimmed in comparison. The line can also be taken as a feeling of hopelessness that the narrator has found himself in. Later on the narrator speaks on how the homeless are often ignored or overlooked, "Here I stand, just a face in the crowd". The narrator then goes on to ask forgiveness and dreams of "jumping into bed with a single motion". While this line could be taken as the homeless man dreaming of a comfortable ...