sorenbarrett

Orphan

Searching for a father and mother

a runaway and orphan look for a home

never to find another

over all earth to roam

 

Trash heaps and street corners

become beds to rest heads

In their own neighborhood foreigners

living in cardboard sheds

 

Dumpster diving

old syringe needles

drugs conniving

cockroach mosquitos

 

Perverse invitation

fighting fleas

mendicant occupation

anything to please

 

Dreaming on broken glass

Cold shivers in winter rain

Taste of brass smell of gas

Youth flowing down a storm drain

Take me home