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I slept three hours

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I slept three hours
on the BART train
last night he said
to keep warm
.
his new red cap
his sign that still
says LOVE
By Sarah Menefee

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PT Homeless Desk |  + Articles by this author

San Francisco poet Sarah Menefee is a long-time homeless rights activist. She is the Homeless Desk on the People’s Tribune Editorial Board. She is a founding member of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America, the Revolutionary Poets Brigade and 'First they came for the homeless'. Her latest collections of poetry are Human Star and CEMENT. 'Her latest books of poetry are Holy Eel, There You Are and Winter Rose.

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