She Has a Name

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We walk by her

 

She’s a ghost

 

Dirt from yesterday

 

Covering her clothes today

 

Sitting against a wall

 

She hugs herself

 

Trying to stay warm

 

Dried up tears

 

Stain her face

 

The park bench

 

Her home tonight 

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There are a lot of runaways that come to Omaha.  I see them everyday downtown.  They are resilient and strong, yet my heart breaks for them...

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Dirt

...from yesterday" I think that is the concensus. I think the line sums up attitudes excellently well. Topical and a poem of the times...more to come just like her-allets