Jack Nobody
With chilled and calloused hands, he climbs onto the heavy
city dumpster, and forces open the steel container.
Peering into the darkness, of green plastic bags fastened with
orange ribbon, he eagerly unfastens his prize package
and fingers its contents of broken crusts and pizza sauce,
which he stuffs eagerly inside his bulky duffel coat..
Again, he reaches deep and pulls out discarded soda cans
and sheets of yesterday's papers which will serve as his
blanket for the coming night
Snow has started to fall in the early morning dawn as
carefully he steps down and turns toward
the wagging tail of his three-legged dog Moses.
Slowly, the two of them trudge back along the cobblestone alley
to face yet another day on the streets of desolation..
Copyright © Valerie Bellefleur | Year Posted 2008
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