(Composed in December 2020)

What to do with a day
In which you meet a
Bent-over woman in a 
Maroon coat
Huddling by a grocery cart filled with her entire
Life?

A day
In which there was almost
No room in the women’s shelter,
Even for an old, bent-over woman with a grocery cart.
Because of
No staff,
Too many needs
Covid.