Modern Day Beats
Looking for the Beats today?
You will find them
sleeping in a car
in the Walmart parking lot
to fill their tank and fix a broken guitar.
You will find them
working two jobs
to support the children after the dad left.
writing poetry on coffee-stained napkins
Looking for the beats today?
You’ll find an autistic shut-in
drawing intricate pictures of Paris
on his bedroom walls
You’ll find an Afghan Vet
in a drug recovery program
trying to come to terms
with the horror, humans can do
writing it down in witness.
Looking for Beats today?
They are all around you.
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