Homeless
Turn eyes!
Pretend I'm not here!
Do not look at me with disgust.
Laziness
is not the reason I am here.
Some a job's loss to be in
my shoes.
This is a more cameo style poem.
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Philipos
Thu 8th Dec 2011 19:44
Hi Shirley, just checking this out. Bang on with the sentiment. You've probably heard off the Big Issue magazine for homeless/jobless in the UK.
There is this wrestle with guilt each time we pass and for me probably many times in a day but no one is capable of giving every time.
Oddly enough, I was thinking of writing a poem from the perspective of the non-giver with all the thinking processes entailed.
It is a deep deep problem which our modern world has failed to solve for a catelogue of reasons.Your poem helps to draw these issues out in cameo style. Well done.