Old Man Regret, evicted
From Plato's boarding house,
Sleeps most nights unlovely
And unlovable, stretched out
On the seats of a subway car
Parked at the Transit Museum
On Schermerhorn and Boerum
(The guards occasionally
Blow dust off him.) Sometimes
He stands in the line waiting
To go through the metal detector
At Family Court. He lives on
The small fees due him as
Patron saint of those who
Don't believe in patron saints.
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