PAPER, METAL & PLASTIC

PEOPLE ALL IN LONG LINES

WAITING

PEOPLE WAITING, PEOPLE LIKE YOU OR ME

PEOPLE WAITING FOR A DOOR TO OPEN

JUST WAITING FOR HE

THE MAN ON THE OTHER SIDE

HE IS WAITING TO BE TOLD

HE LOOKS THRU THE GLASS AT THE FRENZY

HE IS NOW TOLD TO OPEN THE DOOR

HE IS UNAWARE WHATS TO UNFOLD

THE PEOPLE COME IN LIKE CATTLE

THEY COME IN WITH A ROAR

THEY’RE PUSHING AND SHOVING

THERES NO WHERE TO GO

THE GLASS BEGINS TO SHATTER

THE ONE MAN IS DOWN ON THE FLOOR

NOT BELIEVING, WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS FOR

AS THEY ALL TRAMPLE AND STAMPEDE HIM

THEY’RUNNING FAST, TRIPPING AND FALLING

TO BE THE FIRST ONE

THEY’RE RUNNING, TO GET WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED

WITH THEIR POCKETS AND POCKET BOOKS FULL

FULL OF PAPER, METAL & PLASTIC

NEVER CARING ABOUT HE, WHO IS DEAD ON THE FLOOR

JUST CARING ABOUT BUYING SOMETHING

SOMETHING THEY THINK THEY NEED

THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE LIVING

AND HAVE DONE THE MOST UNFORGIVING

BECAUSE IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GREED

ALL ABOUT THE INTRIGUING LIVES

NOT ABOUT HE, THE ONE MAN THAT LET THEM IN

JUST IN A STORE, TO BUY SOMETHING THEY DON’T NEED

Joseph A DeVoe

8/8/09