Blind man being led
By thirteen year old eyes
To
Old couple
With adopted Korean grandchildren
To see his sister in
Two nuns
Will attend a retreat
In Stroudsburg
Tall blond guy
Underlining in a law book
Graduates from Cornell
This year
Harried young parents
Plucking children
From lockers and
Other people’s baggage
Think they will spend
A few quiet days
In the Poconos
Scared little boy
Has never been on a bus before
But will soon be with grandma
In Hackettstown
Girl going to Binghampton
Will never come back
John Bennett was born in England, took classes in Comparative
Literature and Creative Writing at New York University and is a retired
ambulance EMT living in Oceanside, New York.