Poetry by Sarah Menefee
this space
it was going to be enough: this space
"I need enough money for a cup of coffee and
-- Sarah Menefee
kicking to live
a little spark of life in every body
the light of day: that gentle fire
-- Sarah Menefee
Sarah Menefee has a new book of extraordinary poetry, Human Star. Her other books include I'm Not Thousandfurs and The Blood About the Heart. She has been a homeless and anti-hunger activist. She is available to speak through Speakers for a New America at http://www.speakersforanewamerica.com.
This article originated in the People's Tribune
of the turning season: enough but for the pretty young mother
with a child and baby in a stroller begging near Embarcadero Station
maybe a little piece of cake in there"
kicking to live struggling to live: unkillable desire
coterminous with the great starry stretch of it
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