The Poets

an old woman poet, stood behind the table, doling out plate after plate, to the line of faces... taking the time... to ask each their name. a young student poet, jerked from the picket line, beaten, and arrested... now sits in jail. the young man poet, just home after a 12 hour shift, went next door and mowed his elderly neighbor's grass. a young girl poet, took in the stray cat, fed it, and held it... and rocked it to sleep. the poor poet, makes a pallot on the floor of his empty room, for the homeless to sleep on. the old man poet, goes to work again, minimum wage with a smile, to feed his sick wife... the common poet, build houses, works on machines, tills gardens, works on cars... treats everyone the same... and no one knows his name!