As I drive away from the park
where I've been sitting
looking at trees, and writing,
I see him squatting
atop a wooden table
in the gazebo near the pond.
He wears a hooded jacket;
a small back-pack clings
to his hunched shoulders.
It's only 4:15. Already
the cold hunkers down
and the slow mist comes in.
I wouldn't like to be homeless
tonight, I think, shivering
as I drive away.
[Poem #94]
[Poem #94]
Shared, years later, in Writers' Pantry #37 at Poets and Storytellers United.