the man in the hat
rummages through our lives
his hungry hands wade into
crying milk cartons and
our frugal egg shells
this morning i leave the house
my modest motorcycle carries me
towards the gate
i brake softly
still wrapped in plastic feelings
a cloudy face jumps up and watches
like a brazen rodent who
stumbles towards stale morsels
and parched containers
the man in the hat
hopes to find enough
charred doorknobs
soft match boxes
tender cardboard
chipped picture frames
to build his rusted thoughts
and carve copper dreams
into the moldy fingerprint
of today’s wreckage
next week he will
come with another
stubborn trolley of
tainted trinkets and the
same furtive glance
that steals the
liquid pathos
painting my face
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Posted by hames1977 on January 31, 2012 at 7:22 pm
what a great portrait you had painted with your words. a commentary on poverty that guts our whiny selves. an eye-opener indeed