Sunday, January 08, 2023

Ghazal: street people

He walks with a swaying gait leaning

Forward, occasionally stopping to

Pick up a coin from the concrete sidewalk 


Coins used to be good currency 

For vending machines and toll booths; now

They seem to be tossed to the sidewalk 


What will become of 'Dropping a dime' 

When there are no functioning phone booths 

At the corner stores or along the sidewalk 


I considered it a lucky day when I would  

Find a penny, or a quarter, now it seems I can 

Hit a jackpot of coins along the sidewalk


Spending has become a plastic swipe

Coins will jingle only in pockets of the people 

Who pickup the coins from the sidewalks


What will become of the city street people

Who would ask for spare change as they

Mingled at the corner stores on the sidewalk

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