do you see them there? heads bowed heavy with a past they cannot stomach do you seem them there? an aura of gray seems to follow them, and people step away when they pass frightened perhaps, that the misfortune of the less fortunate will cling to their expensive coats and warm mittens do you see them there? they do not sing the anthem or pledge their allegiance they have no love for a country that does not love them they will not lose what is left of their dignity attempting to run after a world that has left them in the dust they are the essence of dust unclean specks unimportant to the big the loud the ones who run the show they are far from running the show do you see them there? breaths catching in the cold air an unadulterated bitter anger at those above them for placing themselves above them do you see them there? because sometimes they get l o s t