CHRIS J. MELANSON
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“Life (short)”


In an alley
Next to a high-rise full of apartments
A homeless woman picks through a dumpster—
Desperation.
Hopes she’ll find something to eat—
A pity.

In the high-rise
Way up in a “well-to-do” apartment
A scanty woman purges over her toilet—
Anorexia.
Hopes she’ll stay all neat
And pretty.

Life sometimes deprives the deserving.

Life sometimes devalues the “dream.”

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-Chris J. Melanson 2007