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girl from angel alley


little by little she gathers the words
a few pennies in her beggar’s cup
some droplets in a gutter’s puddle
she collects tears in a glass syringe

she writes a few lines
which cannot be called a poem
she has no knowledge of poetry
but she writes

there is a place not here
tiffany place to be happy
to not be hungry and pretty like audrey
I will go past the line where the sun melts
I will take my cap and my crayons
and I will go


she sleeps on the stairs of a derelict building
washes the dust from her face at a dripping hydrant
she may find a meal at a fruit stand
in the crowded sidewalk markets
when the fruit seller turns away

and she writes

hold my hand before I go
hug me tight hug me tight
make me blue like the moon
or make me the color of shadows


her words have no meaning except to her
but in their meager beauty
she has defined some absurd art

many rains fall
from big big sky
but she is so tiny
god cannot find her…


(Art from 'Les Miserables')

Written by JohnFeddeler
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