The signs
they hold up
say
homeless
helpless
hopeless
Many include a sketch
of a Christmas tree or say
Merry Christmas as well
They stand upon
the entrance ramps to
malls and big box stores
where shoppers have to wait
to get into the lot and when
a signer passes their car
they look away or discard
a quick buck out the window
then roll it up
to keep private heat
and the hallelujah chorus
in the car
and no better than that look at me
dropping a heavy metaphor obviously
onto this from on high
as if it ever matters what parallel
anyone draws about jesus
blah blah blah
joseph and mary
blah blah blah
no room at the blah blah blah
merry christmas
or whatever you got
to offer
in light of the sight
of her wet blue eyes
above her sign
his beard
combed out for the season
above his sign
the people
queued up
below commerce’s sign
tomorrow never comes
without posting a sign
of its arrival
regardless
of hopeful prophecy
blah blah blah
Dark Matter 
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