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all shall pass away

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all shall
pass away
heaven & earth
as they say
but they’ll still
 be
sleeping
down at
Mission & Main
at sundown
— Sarah Menefee

PT Homeless Desk |  + Articles by this author

San Francisco poet and organizer Sarah Menefee is a long-time homeless rights activist. She is the Homeless Desk on the People’s Tribune Editorial Board, and a founding member of such organizations as the San Francisco Union of the Homeless, Homes Not Jails and 'First they came for the homeless’. Known for her poetry about the streets, her latest collections are Winter Rose, Sign and Holy Eel.

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