Breadline Angel
What were his thoughts,
the man in the breadline,
standing alone in the crowd?
Did he think to himself
"will I eat today"?
Or wail and
voice it aloud?
Did he feel ashamed,
belittled, bereft,
to have to ask for a meal?
Had he once known life's
fortune and fame
making his poverty surreal?
Lynn West
(c) 2011
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PHOTO entitled:
White Angel Breadline
by Dorothea Lange
