As dawn rises in Caracas

As dawn rises in Caracas (near Bolivar Square)

The veil of night lifts
A rooster calls
My dreams to wake

Struggle out of the slumber
Body is talking to me

Knees creaky back achy
Put on my 7 day clothes

Dirty with holes throughout
Put sneakers on as
My big toe peeks out at me

Ready my mind for
What my body will go through

Grab my bandanna stuff it in my back pocket
It’s filled with the toil and sweat of me

And it reeks like me only dirtier
Trek for 3 miles talking to my toe
As the town approaches

Get ready my best song and dance
Lift my hat turn it over

Please put some pennies in
To feed my family

Another day settles into night
Drag my tired bones home
For the 40th time in 40 nights

Made just enough for a pinch of flour
And some sugar

Clothes hang on my shrinking self
Like vultures in the night

Put my 130lbs on the mat
As temps reach 90

All the flour and sugar perspires off my skin
Just laid my head into nightmares
Before I know the rooster calls again