i began to understand suburbia
when i saw you
in matching suburban leather jackets
pushing your twin shopping carts
down shattuck avenue
with your clothes heirlooms
and keepsakes from your kids
piled inside
i hoped you'd kept some money too
to survive
neither of you
was dirty yet
i hoped your neighbors
wouldn't have to join you
and wondered how they could let you be here
instead of in spare rooms
in their own houses
from The Troubles (1993)
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