Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Mercy, Mercy… Mercy me
A light, white frosting
of snowflakes
Upon cardboard and
old soiled blankets
Streetlamps and neon signs
Light…empty… unfeeling
and bone chillingly cold
Plastic bottles and wadded bags
Holey sneakers wrapped
In filthy rags
Tortured dreams and
Muffled screams
And piercing, numbing cold
…Mercy, mercy, me…
Copyright © David O'Haolin Whalen | Year Posted 2016
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