Homeless, Not Hopeless

HOMELESS, NOT HOPELESS Put on my face brave Buy razor and shave Change socks even if it’s not Really winter yet Ice has not yet set But socks have started to rot Trim my long lank hair (what’s left and still there) Check the skip for new sweater Maybe new shirt too Don’t mind red or blue Before weather gets wetter Check roof of cardboard Where my world is stored Lunch with can of cold sardines From café spoil heap Just before cat’s leap Tomorrow there might be beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Written by Sydney Peck for Nette Onclaud’s Contest “ALOUTTE YOUR CLEANSING RITE”