Where do the homeless go when it rains?



Where do the homeless go when it rains?
Do they hide under the shade of a mango tree
Hoping none of the hard fruit wiggles free?
Do they hide in the doorway
of a trusted shop
Ignoring the judging eyes
And praying soon for the rain to stop
Do they go to a shelter or Hide at a cliffs edge?
In a car they own or under a bench
I wonder things like these sometimes
As I sit gazing at the sky
From my bus window
As i pass them by.

About this poem

Just a poem i made up while watching the rain

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Written on October 31, 2023

Submitted by stargazersnail on October 31, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBCDEDFGHIJI
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 430
Words 99
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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