Tenth Street Shuffle

Tenth Street Shuffle


Seven minutes to Sally's,
Half-an-hour til LINK.
The Tenth Street shuffle drags on
in slow measured beats.

Drop-in for some coffee
before doors close at five!
Be at Jubilee on Fridays:
gravy, grits, biscuits, eggs.

At fifteen past L.O.S.,
the place may be full.
Then go to the alleys,
or sleep by the church.

Appointments for meals,
for a place to keep sane,
for prescriptions or laundry,
for employment or sleep.

Be aware of your brethren,
along Tenth Street, they creep:
homeless and invisible,
timed to institutional beats.

© 2004 Kåre Enga [161.467] 2004--8-18


Glossary:
Sally's: Salvation Army. Place to stay (8 pm till 8 am). Lunch 3/week.
LINK: Lawrence Interfaith Network Kitchen. Lunch 4/week.
Jubilee Café: breakfast kitchen in basement of Methodist Church. 2/week.
Drop-in: old name for day part of Lawrence Community Shelter. Open 7 days.
L.O.S.: Lawrence Open Shelter, old name for night shelter part of Lawrence Community Shelter (8 pm till 8 am).
Tenth Street: All these facilities are located along this street in Lawrence, Kansas from New Hampshire to Kentucky.
Edited-once-more 2007-12-11