"Spare Room" is about the downtrodden and homeless.
"Spare Room"Fresh coat of paintbedside tablelampclean sheets and spreadready to recive warm fleshwould that hairy woman in the homeless campseen washing underarmbe welcome in my roomthat brain-damaged kidor her coke addicted motherthe gay aided in dyingby taped operatic ariasin lieu of human handwould I pull down the sheetsfor th lecherfeeling for a smileor the wizened migrant workermucking in the soilto fill my shopping cartlet me bring flowersto my room purple lilacsplummeting swee scentfluff the pillowslay out a terry robeplace a bowl of fruiton the dressera towel and a bar of soapopen the windowsleave the door ajar
Want to review or comment on this poem?
Need a FREE Reader Membership?
Reviews of "Spare Room"
Reviewed by Jane Evershed
Reviewed on August 30, 2002
This poem speaks to the humanity, empathy and love that needs to abound throughout the globe right now. Thank you for your vision.
Is Assisted Reproduction Technology pushing modern biological science to the legal and ethical limit?
This case examines the story of one man caught in the middle of custody battle that became a landmark surrogacy case involving one child and fiv
Black white (well sort of pinkish) etcetera, Christian Muslim etcetera, Hetero-Homo-Metro Sexual, Physical, Mental, Ow! Includes all human rights violations I could think of.
A detailed study of the origins of the New Alienation. The author labels it normative or postmodern ennui and traces its rise to cultural power over the last two centuries.
Victoria