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Pome: Sitting On The Kerb Outside The Wendy’s At Orange Blossom And Gore

Pome: Sitting On The Kerb Outside The Wendy’s At Orange Blossom And Gore

A few miles away from Disney and Universal

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Orange Blossom and Gore

Sitting On The Kerb Outside The Wendy’s At Orange Blossom And Gore

with a cheeseburger and minute maid and fries

i sit and see the poor and forgotten, the homeless who were kids once before the world abandoned them

and one walks up and says, ‘that bitch is telling me i do wrong and stopping me going in the McDonald’s’

and i look at him and i say, ‘i’m sorry’

and he looks at me - so young and old and, quiet, says, ‘i’m sorry too’

and he wanders off

i watch

and the air is warm and scented fragrant and Orlando is this, a place like anywhere - the view is beautiful and sad -

which is us all:

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