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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2010-02-24 12:50 PM

It’s nine o’clock
and the settlement house
just closed.

It’s snowing like crazy
and the wind bites into you
like being cut with a knife.

Little Bones
doesn’t want
to go home
just yet.

Mom’s there
with her crazy new man,
and there’s no telling
what he might do.

Bones jumps onto
the rear bumper of a bus
heading downtown.

Bobby

threadbear
Senior Member

since 2008-07-10

Posts 817
Indy

1 posted 2010-02-24 02:46 PM

funny how we take the concept of something so simple as 'home' for granted.
or having our own car.
The homeless aren't always
people without a home.
Jeff

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

2 posted 2010-02-24 03:19 PM

Ah, Bobby,I feel so bad for bones. He's an archetype of so many who can't call home: "Home Sweet Home". ---Art

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2010-02-24 05:43 PM

Thanks Jeff,

What you say is indeed true.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2010-02-24 05:45 PM

Thanks Art,

Don't feel bad for Bones. He knows he's not alone. He has other fellow travelers downtown.

Bobby

viking_metal
Senior Member

since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

5 posted 2010-02-25 02:32 AM

This reminds me of being a kid. I did that with the garbage truck once.

Paul

Fall in love early, fall in love often.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 posted 2010-02-25 10:51 AM

Thanks Paul,

I'm glad it reminded you of being a kid.

Garbage trucks are good for that too.

Bobby

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

7 posted 2010-02-25 01:50 PM

Hello Bobby, I join the comment of Gilead to say how this sad and unfair.

best wishes

yann

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

8 posted 2010-02-28 03:52 PM

Sometimes the street is safer than "home."
for kids like Bones.
Ida

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

9 posted 2010-02-28 05:22 PM

Thanks Yann,

Yes, it was sad, and unfair. That's the way it was sometimes.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2010-02-28 05:23 PM

Thanks dear Ida,

What you say is true. Bones loved his street family.

Love Bobby

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

11 posted 2010-03-01 01:10 PM

Having experienced the harsh reality of a stepfather myself, I do understand Bones' reaction. Couldn't be myself when he was at home, i.e. he didn't want me to sing!

But coming home late was also a problem!

Sad reality visions, dear Bobby.

Love,
Margherita

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

12 posted 2010-03-01 10:55 PM

Bobby - I thought I saw Bones on back of that bus in Philly during the snowstorm. Hope he's doing well...

BC

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

13 posted 2010-03-04 08:21 PM

Thanks dear Margherita,

It must have been hard for you not being able to sing.

Step-parents often times seem to be a problem.

Love Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

14 posted 2010-03-04 08:23 PM

Thanks Bill,

Bones mentioned that he saw you, but he couldn't wave because he was hanging on to the bus for dear life.

Bobby

GBride
Senior Member

since 2009-07-02

Posts 538

15 posted 2010-03-06 03:13 PM

I'm glad to read Bones is still around.
How are Mary and Joseph doing?
Hope they are happy.
I plead with you: tell us more!

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

16 posted 2010-03-07 08:04 PM

Thanks GBride,

I don't have a Mary and Joseph, I think perhaps you're thinking of my old friends Marika and Muck.

Muck has passed on, and Marika is doing well. Their son Muck Charles is a priest.

Bobby

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