An image of SHOES (1886). This is a painting by Vincent van Gogh. The work is in the public domain in the US. The unhoused man in my poem and the attire he was wearing reminded me and my wife of the famous painting.
“God Exists Without Qualms”
Neal Cassady called
it the “hobo jungle” &
heartfelt terms push along
the softer “unhoused”—
I ask Frank whose been
‘homeless’ almost a decade.
Behind Walmart smoking,
he shrugs, “I’m just cold.”
#NeighborsInNeed
#syllabic #verse #poem
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