Harsh Winter

by Gary Beck / March 21st, 2021

The colder it gets
the more clothes people wear,
except the abandoned homeless
shivering on street corners,
the human refuse of capitalism
rejected from society,
little to no concern
why these outcasts
no longer of redeeming value,
treated slightly better than lepers,
no interest in learning why
they were subtracted from care.

Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn't earn a living in the theater. He has also been a tennis pro, a ditch digger and a salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines and his published books include 40 poetry collections, 16 novels, 4 short story collections, 2 collection of essays and 8 books of plays. Gary lives in New York City. Read other articles by Gary.

This article was posted on Sunday, March 21st, 2021 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.