Poetry: Help wanted - by Wendy Lafond

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by Wendy Lafond

Created on: April 07, 2008

In the middle of the street,
With a hand in her hair.
He punches her face,
Everyone just stares.
Seems like nobody cares.
The bruises and cuts
Nobody wants to see,
The fear she holds inside,
The tears that he can't see.
Fear, it only feeds him,
Tears just give him strength.
She silently pleads for help,
Her lips too swollen to speak.
No one reads the quiet sign,
They just don't seem to see.
She's scared of her own shadow!
Can't you see the sign, it says
HELP WANTED!

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I saw you sitting there on the road
A "Help Wanted" sign by your side
But I had no money to toss to you
As you lay there frozen
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Playdough on the floor
gum in my sisters hair
the doggies eating up my lunch
and mommies sitting on the stairs
As I sit beside
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I cannot weed the garden I cannot cut the trees

My back is just so sore this week, the garden is a shocking mess

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by Wendy Lafond

In the middle of the street,
With a hand in her hair.
He punches her face,
Everyone just stares.
Seems like nobody cares.
The
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Help wanted

To improve
The adults
Of the world

Money they
Just put into
Pockets

Like kids
Taking sweets
Too many at once

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