I saw the vacant look of men for years
staring straight ahead on city streets
beaten into submissions by a government
that ignores their pain.

four cavemen warriors
with no dream left
batter one of their own tonight.

Stupid Samaritan
I try to end the brutality.

the man I stop to help runs away
leaving me to fight alone

sacrificed on the altar
of an uncaring world.

my hope ended
by strangers
more desperate than myself.