<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531001" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>03-25=2010*** How In The Hell Are They Still Standing?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I keep seeing people who should be dead<br>They're not be in the morgue yet<br>I don't see why<br>What is keeping them moving breathing</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My most recent sighting was<br>Just to the right of the front door<br>Of The San Francisco<br>Main Library</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Swig family and other old and new<br>Monied San Franciscans<br>Campaigned and fundraised<br>To pay for large rooms with their names</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The library's many floors have decor<br>It even has a small deli<br>If you can pay for self-service coffee<br>Or the sandwich of the day</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As you walk in off the street<br>You are greeted by<br>Large open space<br>Friends' of the Library Book Sales</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Back outside in the cold <br>Just to the right of the front door<br>Stood a breathing<br>Dead person</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is no reason <br>I can see why<br>This person is still alive<br>What's keeping him upright</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's wearing grey sweatpants<br>Recently pissed in<br>Mismatched sneakers no socks<br>Ankles with blue black and red running sores</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's wearing a light long-sleeved shirt<br>I'm cold in my heavy sweater over my shirt<br>He put down his two plastice bags<br>Pulled out a bottle of vodka</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two big gulps saved some for later<br>I don't expect him to have a later<br>But off he walks steady on his feet<br>The seat of his wet pants facing me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The seat of his wet pants<br>Baffling me why is he still alive<br>Where does he sleep eat get warm<br>When and when in the hell will he die</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+J.+Mariani">Tom J. Mariani</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531001" data-title="03-25=2010*** How In The Hell Are They Still Standing? de Tom J. Mariani" data-description="I keep seeing people who should be dead They're not be in the morgue yet I don't see why What is keeping them moving breathing My most recent sighting was Just to the right of the front door Of The San Francisco Main Library The Swig family and ..."></div> </div> </div>

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