Homeless by Nicole Plantier

Homeless

by Nicole Plantier

Just one night

in their closet,

in the safety

and warmth...

an unlikely reviver.

I shiver,

pull the thin jacket closer,

walk on;

slopping through the filth

of a million people

wiping their feet

on me.

A forgotten dredge

tossed out

with the garbage -

wilted, cold,

purple, broken,

forgotten.