bitter fight on the road consciousness fades graffiti in a
rest room "all coloreds sign below" the car with blacked-out windows
and a figure inside makes you afraid the frame broken the world
softened you wish for anger to go away the man a homeless alien makes
hand signals and asks for a light

Patrick Frank is a published poet-songwriter and essayist from Seneca, South Carolina, USA. He has served as a counselor and advocate for the underprivileged in New England, the South, and on the Zuni Indian reservation in New Mexico; he has also been a strong advocate for civil rights and peace. Currently, he is working with homebound, at-risk teens and is studying international poetry.

Next Poem: ......................................................................................................................................Back to Poetry Index