At the Public Market
Seattle wintertime
A big shaggy bearded man
like Walt Whitman
standing still in the cold rain
with his shivering dog
a cardboard sign on him:
I AM OVER 70
MY DOG HAS THREE LEGS
NOBODY
WANTS US
The hard rain pours down
There is no tin cup
12/12/77
Ferlinghetti, from "Northwest Ecolog"
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