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Untitled by Carol Adams
from Legacy 1972
Untitled
by Carol Adams
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A drunk...
staggering
muttering nonsense,
dirty, smelly, unshaven,
tattered clothes,
"A quarter for coffee?"
Christians snicker,
And old lady...
wrinkles and bones
glassy eyes, hearing aids,
long sagging dress,
drops her purse.
Paraphernalia scatters,
Christians hurry by.
A boy...
love beads,
grubby cut-offs,
bearded, barefoot,
long hair pulled back from
a pimpled face
Stares unseeing at the ocean,
Christians soak up the sun.
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.
