jim goff
A
drunk
....
staggering
muttering nonsense, smelly, unshaven,
dirty,
tattered clothes,
"A quarter for coffee?" Christians snicker. old lady .... wrinkles and bones glassy eyes, hearing aids, long sagging dress, drops her purse. Paraphanalia scatters. Christians hurry by.
An
A boy .... love beads,
grubby
cut-offs,
bearded, barefoot, long hair pulled back from
pimpled face Stares unseeing at the ocean. Christians soak up the sun. a
Riots,
starvation, fires, rock, drugs, war,
murder, divorce, accidents, hatred, quakes, alienation Christians watch TV and shake their heads. "Signs of the times," they sigh. carol
adams
