[marginal]:

 

marginal

           faces of the faceless
                       ferried to and                   from

places
witless

           witness to

empty

                      so many
           less human
                      care                                absence

                      presence felt                    unacknowledged

sitting at the altar
                      for greed
                      for profit

          heart of a
                      gain

looking                                                  over

                      themselves

mirrors show truth
                      unless                            warped

birth defects of the human

                      condition
             servile
                      color
                      scent

floating in the margin

Benjamin Bowles | 2002