Tuesday, February 27, 2007

A Hidden Residence

Living in the boiler room with
Warmth from furnace there
Much warmer than a city street
Hiding from employer so as not
To reveal his homeless state
Substance abuse
Secrets and turmoil
How long can this man pretend
To be just a maintenance worker
In this building that provides for
Him a hidden residence from the
Cold harsh city streets.

written by Pauline 2/27/07
copyright 2007

5 comments:

QUASAR9 said...

Hi Pauline,
playing ping pong with electrons among the stars gives rise to neutron stars shining Pulsars

Katie McKenna said...

That is tough.. and sad... because there are a lot of homeless people like that ....

Charlene Amsden said...

Until someone turns him in, and he is turned out -- yet again. As Katie said, sad.

Becky said...

i love the topics you write about. so real, so raw. helps me to open my eyes and see what's out there in front of me instead of looking inward all the time.

Stephanie said...

They way this started out, I expected a mouse living in the basement furnace :) Not the case apparently...