Bag Man
Osteoporosis?
Or just because he's forever bending over
picking up stuff
stuff to stuff in the bag slung over one shoulder
He has a slight limp
perhaps from the weight of the bag
the bag always slung over the same shoulder
For sure it doesn't slow him down
doesn't slow that steady gait
always moving downtown
No he's moving moving moving
Merchants don't want him around
"Bad for business" they say
I wonder where the hang stops hanging
where the hanging hangs around
wonder if he has a tree with hangings?
Here he comes
as usual hung over the pavement
like an ornament on the hood of a car
And as usual
he's moving moving moving
I wonder if the merchants know it's Christmas?
Copyright © Daver Austin | Year Posted 2008
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