Contributor: Richard Schnap

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I watch an old man
Trudging past from the liquor store
Who becomes a bent tree
With amputated limbs

And a young mother struggling
To soothe her crying child
Who becomes a bird building
A nest in a wild storm

And a boy with a guitar
Its case filled with pennies
Who becomes a stray dog
Abandoned by his master

And a sad-eyed girl
Pulling petals off a flower
Who becomes a bright star
Burdened with a world of wishes


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Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of print and online publications.