Drive-By Cars insulate, cut fast getaways from street people who provoke guilt with hunger that angers well-behaved routines. The Voiceless crouch clean forgot in fast-paced apathy, marooned with crude cardboard confessions, dismissed by dog-eat-dog drivers who insist hungry is a hustle. Unlike corner beggars, homeless women and kids run from street corner scrutiny scramble for anonymous shelter from hit-and-run humanity. Outside White are welcome. Dirt-colored rags and races are deprived in ditches – failed schools, prisons, slums, colored walls. The tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse and homeless… welcomed by the Statue of Liberty no longer wanted. Click on the file to listen to the poem:
Patsy Asuncion, Ed.S., published poet - Cut on the Bias 2016, second collection pending, twenty+ anthologies, including The Sixty-Four Best Poets of 2019, all reflecting her slant as a bi-racial, first-generation immigrant. Patsy promotes diversity via her open mic (21,000+ YouTube views), community initiatives, regional/national presentations, print/online publications.
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