Channel 7 2007/12/11

by Nathan Fagan
There was a kid today,
Sitting on the concrete slabs that
Jut out from the highway’s busy lip –
He held in his hand a leather-bound Qur’an
& one of his eyes stared East
I moved to speak, with him -
Ask a name, was he alright ?
Did he know where he was ?
But my tongue slipped &
I let [...]

Digital Poem of the Day 2007/10/18

Portrait: Daniel Guimond, by Michel Lemieux, 1981-
Originally published in : LIMITe Magazine #1. Mtl.