The Pandemic is the Homeless  

Whole Life

by Judy Joy Jones



To the homeless

the pandemic

never started 

nor stopped


it is their whole life

from birth to death

every minute they breath


the homeless have

no food shelter

or clothing

and their screams

of hunger

echo through

the nights

begging for souls

to hear their pleas


the pandemic 

to the homeless

is one more

locked trashcan


no bathrooms

or streets to sleep

without being 

threatened by police


the pandemic

to the homeless

never started 

nor stopped


it is their whole life

every minute they breath

from birth to death


the pandemic

for the homeless

will never stop



c jj 2021



      The Bones of the Homeless ny Judy Joy Jones