The gates to earth are closing,
To many every day
Unwanted, unloved millions
We’re turning them away.
...
Beads, water, wet
Running down mountains of flesh,
Into a warm sea,
Whose white porcelain banks
...
The earth it plays a symphony.
I see it every day.
I taste the very notes of life,
As I go on my way.
...
A donkey standing
In a field by a fence,
Standing all alone
Without any friends
...
The Closed Door
The gates to earth are closing,
To many every day
Unwanted, unloved millions
We’re turning them away.
How can we seem so cheery,
When all around is grey?
How can we take so lightly
The lives we’ve killed today?
Plastic baggies in the corner
Hold their ranks in disarray,
A bloody Ebeneezer
To the wisdom of our day.
It’s the year of the child,
Or so the people say,
A salve, a balm, an ointment
To take the guilt away.