Sitting at the bus stop she’s like all the other
girls in her third grade class
Jenny has braces and a new dress with laces
she’s a happy child who one day will wear
that bright smile
but right now all she sees
are other excited kids to go home
to smells from the kitchen and familiar places
maybe a great big dog to lick their faces
play on their computers or a box that booms
her daydream is broken by the sound of the bus
the children are anxious to go home
she wonders what’s all this fuss
she then realizes her shelter is nothing but bliss
because Jenny’s homeless – oh yes, she is.
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