I walked the streets of Dundalk, Maryland In Baltimore, when winters shiver shook Bright festive baubles clung in every nook And flickering lights from windows gaily spanned And by Papapsco Church I paused to stand And gazed upon a host of the good book And open-mouthed I felt compelled to look Upon a scene obscene to understand As ragged folk on benches tried to sleep And county folk with badges moved them on And pinned a blunt citation to church door That shamed the reverend that tried to keep Poor homeless folk from freezing evermore At Christmas in a land most Christian