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. 'Her latest books of poetry are Holy Eel, There You Are and Winter Rose.
