This woman can be found in Piccadilly.
Huddled on the pavement
Perilously close to the tramping feet of passers-by,
She clutches her son to her.
A ragged cup is waved listlessly. Her eyes are downcast.
She neither talks to nor accosts those who stride past.
Her cup becomes no heavier.
The sleeping child, hardly visible beneath a blanket
Seems less beggar's prop than tired mite.
Is this woman, headscarfed and olive-skinned,
A genuine "gypsy"? .
Does she need to have the message that begging is unacceptable "brought home" to her?
http://it.wrs.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AknCEN8bMDWQcxDqA9uMR_ImDQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12elc1om2/EXP=1131781427/**http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/676053.stm
venerdì, novembre 11, 2005
This woman can be found in Piccadilly.
Huddled on the pavement
Perilously close to the tramping feet of passers-by,
She clutches her son to her.
A ragged cup is waved listlessly. Her eyes are downcast.
She neither talks to nor accosts those who stride past.
Her cup becomes no heavier.
The sleeping child, hardly visible beneath a blanket
Seems less beggar's prop than tired mite.
Is this woman, headscarfed and olive-skinned,
A genuine "gypsy"? .
Does she need to have the message that begging is unacceptable "brought home" to her?
http://it.wrs.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AknCEN8bMDWQcxDqA9uMR_ImDQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12elc1om2/EXP=1131781427/**http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/676053.stm

0 Comments:
Posta un commento
<< Home