Transient

by Gary Beck / June 16th, 2019

Tourists pass the homeless
huddled on 42nd street,
pay them no mind,
inured to the homeless
on the streets at home,
too numerous for salvation
elaborately ignored
until a disturbed reject
invades personal space
demanding change,
attention,
a lifeline to humanity,
easily forgotten,
unless he attacks
those who are better off.

Gary Beck spent his life as a theater director/playwright. He has had 21 poetry books, 7 novels, 3 short story collections and 1 book of essays published. Gary’s original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off-Broadway in New York City, where he resides. Read other articles by Gary.

This article was posted on Sunday, June 16th, 2019 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.