Shangri-La waiting
Disturbed by sidewalk scene
Shirtless sleeping man.
Weeds and shirtless man
Sidewalk sleeping yet come spring,
Weeds flower.
eyk 1/25/25 Looking across Beretania Street to the sidewalks of Thomas Square while waiting to get on a bus for the tour of the Doris Duke estate and art. I was struck by the contrast.
For houseless their stuff
Pampered pets for well to do
All pushed in strollers.
eyk 11/7/24
Under umbrella
Wanders with cart pulled slow …
But no place to go.
eyk 6/7/2024. While waiting at a Wahiawa stoplight, I noticed a man under an umbrella, slowly pulling a cart of his belongings. He was moving slowly as he seemed to have no where to go.
Gleaming glass towers
But with view that overlooks
Houseless below.
eyk 6/10/2024 scene from Thomas Square
Umbrella pulled low
Limbs tucked hidden from sight
Homeless hides from . . . sun?
eyk 6/29/2024. This was a scene I saw of a person, sitting on the grass at a street corner. The person had his/her belongings next to the umbrella while she/he was shielded from the sun?
But for her dog
All alone She crosses street
Pushing cart of woes.
eyk 9/12/24 While waiting at stoplight of Piikoi and Lunalilo, under the freeway.
Women of the street
One pale, frail and gaunt but
The hen, fat and plump.
eyk 4/20/2023 the chicken looked she was doing better than the homeless woman.
Homeless and hungry
Haunting roadside with a sign,
But I look away.
eyk 2/4/2024. Leaving COSTCO, while I waited at a traffic light, the wild eyed houseless person wandered by with his sign. I locked my doors but could help feeling a little guilty. I was reminded of a biblical story that described a wild man wandering the tombs whom no one could restrain.
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