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Friday, November 18, 2005

STRANDED (WHILE THE WORLD WAITED)

by Jen Hinton


Stranded
on rooftops
in Ohio precincts
by roadside bombs
by Enron, Exxon
by stop loss
by freedom
on the march.
Sorry Rosa.
Sorry Cindy.
What on God’s sweet
green earth will it take
to get millions
into the streets?
Here.
Do we think
some better reason
is coming along
tomorrow?


Jen Hinton lives in Schaumburg, Illinois. She has been published in several anthologies, including Skin Deep, Prairie Hearts, and Alternatives: Roads Not Taken.