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HOMELESS ON KING STREET poem
by Richard L. Provencher Homeless on King Street Towers of glass are monuments of commerce to society with national name banks and other products ten or twelve floors below garbage piled higher than an ice cream cone laying on the sidewalk, Tim Horton cups leapfrogging over Subway wraps and cigarette butts that no one seems to notice. Stores busy with shoppers, others home watching kids or snacking in front of video action movies bleak voices on the street asking any leftover passerby, "Change for a coffee, mister?" Nothing much in their pockets but lint, shoe leather worn thin. Now begins the hustle of another day. Richard L. Provencher 2003 Published Online Sept 15, 2003 Autumn 2003 Vol V111 No V1 www.PoetryMagazine.com. Richard enjoys writing poems; many of which have been published in Print and Online. He and his wife, Esther are also co-authors of stories and a print novel. They are "born again" Christians and very busy in their church, Abundant Life Victory International, in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |