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On the Outer Rim
By John Grey
If society has an outer rim,
it’s here, beneath the overpass.
Three men, one woman, sleep
under blankets of old newspapers,
rest their heads on charity coats,
fitfully sleep through the summer night
while traffic rumbles above
and humid stench drifts off the river.
They’re still there, months after the last time
I put words to paper on their behalf.
They beg for cash not reading material.
A poem that weeps is of no use to them.
Mel Stoutsenberger | stock.adobe.com
Founder’s Favourites | July 2021—Issue 15 | 7
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