Did you see that woman falling
from the escalator at Grand Central Terminal?
Lying in dark circles of blood?
Begging the police not to tell anyone?
She would be alright when she got up.
What about her?
Did you see that woman screaming
in front of the newsstand?
Hear those screams…
Of hatred spewing
from her face?
Notice her eyes….
burning slits of light?
Maybe she can’t be tranquilized anymore?
What about her?
Did you see that woman walking
across the street?
Wearing those special shoes?
All the toes on her right foot cut off?
Isn’t it awful?
Watch her getting on the bus,
all that pain on her face.
How much longer can she keep going?
What about her?
Did you see that woman?
Ashen and still as a corpse.
Lying by the side of the Palisades Highway?
Her hair so grey, her legs so straight.
Lying in the short grass.
She was always running off schedule
Always trying to be on time.
What about her?
Writer: Joan McNerney
Artist: Joie (Art of Joy)
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