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Jacqueline Le Sueur
Poems
Sep 2010
Child
Maybe four years old
Pretty pink pyjamas
***** and torn
Wisdom of age
Beyond young years
Etched on your sad face
Feet cut & bleeding
Have they ever
seen shoes?
Hair matted
Twigs for adornment
Baubles of the earth
Blue plastic mug
Held upwards
Empty
You were here yesterday
You will be here tomorrow
But for how long?
The world walks by
Seeing you
Avoiding you
You touch their hearts
Maybe their souls
But not their wallets
It’s not money
You need in your blue mug
It’s love
© Jacqueline Le Sueur 2010 All Rights Reserved
https://www.jacquelinelesueur.com/post/child
(Written in Bangkok)
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