Snow Monkey, An Eclectic Journal (Volume 5, Issue 6)

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Alms

by Richard C. Williams

Dawn: I walk beneath the (un)holy arc
of Washington Square, where a child sits

on the concrete, his cheeks concaved,
dented slate over arc-less, altar-boy lips:

Spare some change please?

I want to take him into my arms, press my lips
against his forehead and show him what cold really is.

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Alms

by Richard C. Williams

Dawn: I walk beneath the (un)holy arc of Washington Square, where a child sits on the concrete, his cheeks concaved, dented slate over arc-less, altar-boy lips: Spare some change please? I want to take him into my arms, press my lips against his forehead and show him what cold really is.

Dawn: I walk beneath the (un)holy arc
of Washington Square, where a child sits

on the concrete, his cheeks concaved,
dented slate over arc-less, altar-boy lips:

Spare some change please?

I want to take him into my arms, press my lips
against his forehead and show him what cold really is.