Homeless people,
faceless, nameless
babies, children,
weary women tired and spent,
hapless men, defeated men
on the highways & rugged byways,
zigzagging, crisscrossing
alleys and corridors
scrounging for food,
seeking handouts,
taking refuge in dangerous shadows,
challenging death, disease,, exclusion.
Homeless people whose denial
mauled-nutrition, alienation.
Unprotected by the law,
unprotected from the law.
Americans wed to desperation,
categorized, ostracized, dehumanized
in this so-called land of plenty.
My country 'tis of thee
is homelessness & gnawing hunger
ingredients of liberty.
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