Many thanks to editor, Sarh Law, for choosing this poem.
rachmaninoff .......off key
a minister
maybe a member
of the house of restoration
this man stands
in the street asking.......for handouts
& my hand’s out the window
holding spare change
~
coming toward me
—his steps tentative
—his eyes locked on mine
he stops a few feet from me
takes a tiny bow
~
emboldened by this:
act of prayer…
— Read on...
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