POEM: bus stop effigy (0)
Posted 5 February, 2010 in Audio Poems, My poems, Poetry
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Image (c) John Brodkin
bus stop effigy
bus stop effigy
low-wage lynching
victim waits
to move from one
rat hole to the next
stop on the line
with only ends
no destinations
no cessation
puffy down coat
conceals smoldering
fire in the gut
winter air hides
shamefaced blush
