VANTAGE POINT

Vantage Point

The queue curls;
Serpentine. 
Crimson faces
A woman exhales!
The last breath of her cigarette.
Takes her place:
at the tail end.
Thin silhouette, vital teeth missing!

We remain at the vantage point; watching.
Food bank: a new entry
In our dictionary.

A kindly man hands over green apples, a loaf of bread
And a tin of soup; indistinct!

To the mouth of the serpent:
An adolescent mother
With her babe in pushchair.
I usher my babes away;
Eyes moist!

Yasemin Balandi