this crazy teacher
wants me to write a haiku
I’ve no idea how
global warming is
just the end of the ice age
so the penguins say
the boy with no shoes
now you see him, now you don’t
my wallet — it’s gone!
small boy with squeegee
no shoes, making a living
as all grown men should
the smell of solvent,
sounds of youthful street wisdom —
working kids live here
level: three — strength: ten
four more lives —- what? game over??!!
… zapped by the real world
said the man to jack
shove those worthless magic beans
take this cow instead
in the land of grey mist
sleep children without childhood
in bedrooms — no walls
a hole in the fence
water hole, rusting steel beams
some kids call it home
city of plywood
where we can see what we breath
but not our next meal
hello shoe shine boy
where’s your bed? who cooks for you?
you’re here every day
Copyright ©: 2009
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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