an art photo of the homeless
society rejects her
state also pushes her aside
she then makes the open spaces her home
and the nightly stars watch over her when she sleeps
the cold winds and the day’s heat keep her company
though she feels the pain of their company on her skin and inside her bones
society and state avoid her as she sits next to her misery,
bagged in her homelessness
here comes the camera handler
with a multipound dollar lenses
and strains it
on her to make an art,
out of her misery
and make exhibition
out of her sorrow
at the exhibition,
her haunting eyes stare at lookers of the art photo,
disapprovingly
awards pour in
to the camera handler
to fete handler’s gift
of art photography
even in her sorrow,
same society who pushed her
into the open spaces,
and seized the pie that was hers,
finds a way,
to turn her homelessness into a venture of gain
as she sits at the side of the road,
she sends a plea to society and state
to unblock the alleys,
she could’ve utilized to better herself
so as to be useful,
to all
as she lifts herself out
due to the unblocked alleys,
she will now aid
the camera handler to
make an art photo of
a houseful and a homeful
of once, a homeless lot
© Sedinam ® Sedinam
