homeless quilt
the cops are smiling
on facebook
beefy knuckleheads
who haven’t read a book
except to throw one at you
for some trumped-up bullshit
they are holding up
a group of taped together cardboard signs
a homeless “quilt” they call it in their post
signs they took from people
panhandling on the streets
one sign says
homeless
need help
thank you &
god bless
another says
trying to make it
anything helps
god bless
there are seven to eight more like it
all bunched together
and the cops in the picture
are smiling their cops smiles
while dressed in their little cop uniforms
they look well-fed
like they’ve never missed a meal
never not had a roof over their heads
or someone else to wipe their asses
or been stuck on the street
any longer than it takes
to order a cup of coffee
catch their little cop reflection
in a rearview mirror
before marching off to hassle
another broken someone
whom america has gone
and yet again let down.
--John Grochalski
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