#77 Kevin Brophy ‘Hymn’

some people ran

some people cried

some people fell down

some people took photos

of themselves

some people covered

their children’s eyes

some people cursed

some people cried

some people sat down

and did not know

what to think

some people dropped

everything

some held hands

some people put their hands

up to their mouths

some people bent their backs

as though this world

was their burden

some of the people there cried