When the viaduct was removed in Seattle
homeless camps lost protection
from rains that always come
wet gear sends cold to the bone
try to stay dry and warm
tent after tent along the freeway
garbage thrown here and there
or burned in a campfire
this will be my last winter here you say
waiting for spring you say
always waiting for spring
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dVerse prompt “less is more” and my choice of the word homeless. Homelessness in Seattle is growing with more tents along the I-5 going past downtown. I was amazed at the extent of it this past summer (more than I had ever seen).
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Some wait forever.
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Those last three lines really pierced my heart. Homelessness is growing here, too – though our winters at least are not quite as bad as yours. So many needless deaths. Thank you for this powerful piece.
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Drab and dreary, leaves the heart weary, knowing cities must do more to address the homeless situation … and yet we drive heedlessly by.
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Since the beginning of time there have been those left in the cold. Will there ever come a time humans choose to change?
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Everyone is waiting for the spring in their own way.
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