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.
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