"LEPERS OF THE USA"

by Judy Joy Jones


would you sit by me
if I had no home
or have me colonized away
a “leper” of the USA

would you take me
in your arms and weep
if you found
an untouchable like me
murdered on your streets

would you come to the city morgue
to collect my no-name ashes
one of society’s throwaways

“see i have carved you
out of the palm of my hand
you are precious to me”
must have been written
for someone else
not the lower caste like me

tonight if I’m lucky I’ll die
and won’t be a piece
of garbage beneath your feet
that no one wants to see

would you sit by me
if I had no home
or have me colonized away
a “leper” of the USA
untouchable


c jj 2013


The Suffering of the Homeless Poured Through My Pen.

Published in Street Spirit Newspaper 2013

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