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cassie58 asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 3 years ago

How does this poem make you feel?

In an ice splintered twilight

Sits dark in the gloam,

A bird on a wire

the others have flown.

Perhaps they've migrated

And left it alone?

So I think of the city

And its burnished, bright lights

And the plight of the homeless,

Forgotten at night,

As they huddle for cover

And keep out of sight.

I ponder on faces

of the Mothers who birthed,

The ones who have nothing

on this cold planet Earth,

And the lesson I've learned,

If your face doesn't fit,

Your prospects and future

Are worthless as spit.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 years ago
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    I knew how that felt once, but at least had a van to sleep in, and was able to get jobs. But some have nothing to start with at all.But I won't give a buck to anyone who has a cell phone!!!!

  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 years ago

    Very apt poem for today Cassie.

  • 3 years ago

    Initially I was reminded of Maya Angelou, then as I read, I pictured a dying earth, an irreversible situation we'd caused, and while not thrilled in the use of spit, it is about as pointed & spot on as it needs to be, without vulgarity. As you have, so often, you've created a poignant, but timely, topical poem. <3

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