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26. TWO LIVES

 

I DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE

OR EVEN WHERE THEY’RE FROM

A CHEERY SMILE

ONE QUICK HELLO

THEN SLOWLY AMBLE ON.

THE LOOK OF SLIGHT ABANDONMENT

OF NOWHERE TO BELONG

CLOTHING SLIGHTLY TATTERED

FINGERS COLD AND NUMB.

ALWAYS GOING ONE WAY

NEVER LOOKING BACK

ONE WILL HOLD SOME PAPERS

THE OTHER HOLDS A SACK.

THEY SEEM SO VERY HAPPY

WITH THE LIFE THEY LEAD

NEVER REALLY WANTING

YET GETTING WHAT THEY NEED.

NO BURDEN LADEN SHOULDERS

FEW WORRIES ON THEIR MIND

AS LONG AS THEY’VE EACH OTHER

THEY’LL TAKE THINGS AS THEY FIND.

HOW NICE TO KEEP LIFE SIMPLE

PUSH DAILY CHORES ASIDE

JUST TRAVEL THROUGH THEIR LIVES AS ONE

THE WANDERER AND HIS BRIDE.