The topic is probably a bit of a cliche, the homeless on our streets. But the other day I was struck by seeing a man wheeling a shopping cart down a city street at dawn. The light was still dim and blue, and I was reminded of the "Blue Light Specials" that (I believe) K-Mart would run, with a special announcement and a blue light signaling there was a bargain to be had.
Blue Light Special
The man in the old olive army jacket
pushes a shopping cart full of bulging
plastic bags down the street at dawn,
as if the city were his supermarket,
and he was searching for a final bargain
or the shortest checkout line.
Blue Light Special
The man in the old olive army jacket
pushes a shopping cart full of bulging
plastic bags down the street at dawn,
as if the city were his supermarket,
and he was searching for a final bargain
or the shortest checkout line.
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