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Hang the Homeless

Below me and snoring
there’s some bum
in the bunk at the Mission
I found to sleep in tonight
I sleep real light

Tomorrow I`ll sleep outside
and tonight
it’s nice to have some
shelter from the cold

I live on the road
and the days wind ahead
I haven’t a clue to any of it

Should I ?

I’ve some stale donuts to eat
and worn out brown shoes
with knots in the laces
and a hole in the toes
I can patch all of that
with some tape

and,
don’t I wish,
that this tape could patch
the whole of me . . .

I make it through each day
somehow
but it all takes time
so much more time than I
ever
seem to have

I live on the road
and the days wind ahead
I haven’t a clue to any of this

Should I ?

And when the sun shines real hot
I’d like something to drink
A bottle of wine . . .
maybe some coffee
my eyes hurt
I can’t even breath
let alone think

I live on the road
and the days wind ahead
I haven’t a clue to any of this
Should I ?

With the setting sun
I’ll find a place
And lay my head down
for a little rest

It’s over, this day
and tomorrow will come

That’s what I’ve been told

Tomorrow is
yet
another day

I live on the road
and the days wind ahead
This life never grows old

Written by Father Luke 05/03/2004 09:05 PM