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A Friendly Smile

Copyright^© 1990 by Dale E. Malone

 Poems & Sonnets
 Date : 28-Jun-90
 From : Dale Malone
 To : Allison Cirillo
Subject : Let me rain on your parade!

A Friendly Smile

I was down on my luck
Had no job in sight
Last solitary dime in my pocket
I'll bed down on the street tonight.

I hunger for a friendly smile!

Dreams of tables, heavy-laden
With food, the kind that grammy
Used to cook when we got together
Rudely awakened by a KICK, on my fanny!

My soul cries out for a friendly smile!

Prodded with his night stick
Spread-eagled on the wall
Turned out my pockets
My last and only dime caused to fall!

Oh God! Why will no one smile on me?

The coin rolled and I turned to
Catch it before it dropped
Into the drainage grate at my feet
“Trying to rabbit?” My head, he popped!

Blurred by tears I ask the Lord to smile on me.

Blood dripping on my shirt-front
I am placed in back of the car
Police calls on the radio
Sound of voices from afar.

I hear music from Angels... with a friendly smile?

A blood-clot forms where
His leaded stick did land
A concussion has killed me
A silent plea with outstretched hand...

To my unmarked grave share a friendly smile...

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Back to My Darker Side: A Friendly Smile.

Written by Dale E. Malone, Ma'am, can you spare some change?
The Great & Wonderful Kahuna wants to know!
Last modified: April 26, 2009