Sunday, June 26, 2005

the marginals part two

Somewhere in st george’s area
Are the one room hovels
Where the marginals live
The old, the poor, the desolate

Daily they toil
Sweeping the streets, clearing the rubbish
Cleaning tables in food courts
Collecting paper and cans

Cleaning and tidying our city

Daily they return
Adding up their cents

To their one rooms
Some with no water
Some with no electricity

Living marginally
Eating marginally
Sleeping marginally

The forgotten ones
Amidst us

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