Fading Picture of an Unknown Beggar Girl was first published in my blogsite fleetingmuse.wordpress.com in December, 2015
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Fading Picture of an Unknown Beggar Girl was first published in my blogsite fleetingmuse.wordpress.com in December, 2015
What are you staring at?
My face or my state?
I’m ashamed of neither,
so carry on, unabated!
Eyes turn to stare
At the new fish on the street
Dirty brown, ragged, dusty, filthy.
A pure-bred,
A perfect addition to their collection
In the tank.
Joining the ranks of four others,
A school, lined up in neat row.
Body after body after body after body after body
Resting on their tails – fish have no legs.