Men Without Houses
Joe GI, retired,
rolls a smoke
from his nearly empty pouch.
He casts a very, very long shadow
on the wall,
companion to silhouettes,
too many too count,
belonging to men
without houses,
waiting for a door to open
at the local shelter.
Here is a link to Homeless Veteran's web pages where you can get information if you feel so inclined:
http://www1.va.gov/Homeless/
Asheville, YOU can help here: http://ashevillehomeless.org/
~^~jA Narrin, Wind-in-the-Feather
Asheville, 2009
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