OUTCASTS
 
old scabby coat 
skewers of cold 
squall-driven thoughts

free as a bullet 
lost in time 
a found newspaper 

under a railway arch 
a derelict asleep on her back 
snoring with anxiety 
her door ajar 
a pig-nosed wind nuzzling her vitals 
headline: 
INTERNATIONAL BONE-ROT & SOUR BLOOD 
covering her with the newspaper 
carefully tucking her in

                              (1969)