Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I WAS AN HUNGERED, by M. LANNING SHANE


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I WAS AN HUNGERED, by                    
First Line: Jesus (I lately dreamed), again on earth
Last Line: Some ancient words of his drooped in my mind.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


Jesus (I lately dreamed), again on earth,
Smiled at the colored lights, the red and green
Of holly, mistletoe, ribbons; smiled at the sheen
Of tinsel and cellophane -- even the anthemed mirth
Blaring from loud-speakers; silently watched the stacks
Of bundles wrapped by weary clerks, transferred
To the bent backs of postmen; found no word
For the day when, shopping ended, we relax....

He was not watching us. In the alley, out behind
Our house, he had seen two children wrapped in rags,
Shivering, grimy, faces and hands frost-pinched,
Fumbling about the garbage. Jesus flinched,
Ran toward the children, vanished ... Like tattered flags
Some ancient words of His drooped in my mind.





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