Quatrain of Hobo - 541 - Yorktown Disciple

Quatrain of Hobo

Hobo - tramp or vagrant

Hobo! Smiling with teeth so
hollow, hands decomposing and
unclean,

Waiting for candied mercy to fall
from heaven as if it were
Halloween.

A soul on file at the gates of hell;
desire for a smoke to relieve the
pain,

Happiness! One handout away
from beguiling veins economically
slain.

Yorktown Disciple
1998