Good morning BetterMost!
Hoping that today finds you in good humor and spirits!
Trying to get back into focus of diet and exercise, since being off it for the Slash Bash last weekend. Love the get togethers, and seeing my friends again. Hugs were exchanged so often, what a great feeling!
Blast from the past for today's music video. One hit wonder from about 1985, Rebbie Jackson (Michael's oldest sister) and her Top 20 hit, "Centipede".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_nLi8dHPBg[/youtube]
Today's poem was a challenge to me in November of last year, to write a poem about homelessness.
An Effort To LiveMorning comes and I wake
to the rhythm of the rain
landing on the top of my cardboard box
and a shiver runs up my spine
I take the newspapers
that served as my blanket last night
and stuff them into my shoes
to keep my feet as dry as I can
I grab the plastic bag, which holds my wardrobe
and a cup, which is my bank book
and hit the streets
in an effort to live
You see a garbage can on the corner, I see a buffet
discarded soda, french fries, sandwich
barely enough to stop the growl in my stomach
but it does make it better
Walking around town, shaking my cup
being looked at by strangers
who think I'm crazy, or strung out
not realizing my life has crumbled around me
Sunset, time for bed
that dumpster is my real estate agent
and the cardboard box is my new shelter
hopefully, it won't start raining again
I find an alley and set up house
fetal position to keep myself warm
I close my eyes
and pray that tomorrow will be different