Tuesday, June 27, 2017

lemons to eat

like birds
in jackets, wool
sweaters
and caps, scarves
that don't match.
dickens people
on the corner with
clear
printed signs,
will work, homeless.
sick.
veterans of foreign
wars.
what has clipped their
wings,
what turn in the road
has taken the blue
from their eyes
removed their teeth and
gave lemons
to eat.

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