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Men sleeping on heating grates
with newspaper blankets
Weary women begging for quarters
so their children can eat
Fighting with dogs and rats for scraps of food
Nameless, faceless nobodies
Wandering the land of milk and honey
Stepping in sticky, dried puddles of beer and urine
Looking for streets paved with gold
Dying on streets covered with blood
submitted for May Poetry Challenge, unemployment, at Verse in a Nutshell
4 comments:
Very sad imagery, disillusionment on a sidewalk, so profound.
It is saddening about such way to 'life' exist... *sigh*
And all of us are only one unfortunate turn of events from the same fate. Scary.
Powerful statement of our indifference or even repulsion to the suffering of others. Wonderful poem, as always! Hugs, pat
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