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 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.
