Red

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Two brown eyes peer
through a back seat window,
gazing at the sparkling white
powder on the city sidewalks.
A small mittened hand swipes
a red runny nose then dips
quickly back into the pocket
of the threadbare rumpled jacket
from which it emerged.

Festive shoppers with bulging
bags walk gaily down the street
as the two brown eyes watch
in wonder. The family in the
old red Chevy is but a part
of the background of busy
streets and merry anticipation,

waiting at a red light as
the sputtering heater blows hot then
cold and the children sniffle and cough
the carol of the hungry and homeless.

Down the snowy street it chugs
straining on its last fumes to reach
the shelter where warmth and food
and one cold night off the streets
awaits if the line isn’t too long or
the shelter too full.
Belief is a word pregnant with hope.

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Shared on Three Word Wednesday and on dVerse Poets Pub.