Jay Young Gerard
“Homelessness”
Inspiration piece
Not the Blight You’re Thinking of
By Lisa Nielsen
Response
i watch your grueling hunchbacked body
meandering side to side while frustrated commuters twist about to get around you
you’ve been amassing pain and bitterness as if it were your birthright
the resulting inheritance is a million electrodes
and daily spams
amalgamating into an unrelenting you
motion is crucial, even sleep is nothing more than rotating bones in a fit of despair
imagine being on guard, not like we all are with our game of emotional charades,
but truly every moment taken up with a sword
and shield
imagine that
so think before you sneer and disregard
not all of us are brave enough to wear our monsters on capes
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