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

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Cans

 
 
 

On a trashy street
 
a homeless man and Jesus
 
pick up soda cans.

Beans

 
 
 

First day of the year—
 
a homeless man and Jesus
 
share a can of beans.

Crèche

 
 
 

Christmas Day blizzard—
 
a homeless man finds shelter
 
in the church’s crèche.

Sweater

 
 
 

The homeless shelter—
 
an old vet digs through the bins
 
for a blue sweater.

Box

 
 
 

passing the long night
 
in a washing machine box—
 
the homeless woman

Bike

 
 
 

Sleet and freezing rain—
 
the homeless woman dismounts
 
from her wobbly bike.