may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Wednesday, October 6, 2010

word to the wise(hard times)

2 heart attacks since the divorce
.homeless and disabled
i sleep at the arch when the lottery allows.
get a day bed when i lose the night shift
when nature calls,i find no rest rooms
(barred apart from customers)
i was given a warning when lying in a park
i told them i was not sleeping
they let me off since i was so gracious
i am 56.i cannot live like this
if i get through the paperwork,
i will soon be officially disabled
i am writing about these experiences
people would not believe the poverty
there are so many with less than me
i have a sleeping bag.i still have me
this was supposed to be a velvet city
i do not see crime-i see hard times
can you let me off near the Library?

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