homeless flame
singed wings
on every heart
*
some were burnt
out of their homes
by various fires
with different names
(like ‘the economy’)
*
there’s no more
room in the streets
for any new displaced
our frail tents
all swept away
in a heartless burning wind
—Sarah Menefee
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.
