© 2011 Barbara Panos

Indifference?

She slept on the cold stone bench in front of the courthouse,

Covered by a newspaper quilt.

Once she had laughter and hope.

He was a decorated soldier in the war.

In a cardboard home

He listened to the rain falling and remembered with pain

A lost life with wife and children.

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