Friday, November 14, 2014

There Are More Of Them


There are more of them.
Does that sound like an outtake from “The Birds”?
Maybe Hitchcock had the discontent in mind 
When he made that movie.

I see them downtown, people,
People with no place to go,
Or maybe they can’t stand themselves
And wish to get out.

They look kind of hard,
Not well dressed, and not happy.
Some of them are in this Starbucks.
Three are nursing coffees.

No women in this bunch.
Just eight guys crowded around one table.
They’re not doing anything,
But their presence makes me nervous.

Probably not a God-fearing one among them.
What if they demand attention or cookies?
Is this how class warfare starts?
There is work for these men. Right!??


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