Unexpected rain—
 
the homeless man hunkers down
 
in his cardboard box.

 
 
 

in a cardboard box
 
filled with castoff Christmas things:
 
Mary with no arms

 
 
 

The homeless woman,
 
shifting in her cardboard box,
 
startles a field mouse.

Castoff

 
 
 

in a cardboard box
 
filled with castoff Christmas things
 
a broken angel