In San Francisco’s Tenderloin, 2020
If homeless people were only dolphins
Think of what would be.
Gwyneth and Matt and Brad, maybe even Jen
(Well, maybe not Jen)
Would hold a huge fundraiser,
Write a song, We are the dolphins!
Donate millions,
For a lavish new center
For the dolphins, of course.
So they could be happy and well-fed,
So they could be safe,
Because dolphins deserve a life!
Because dolphins matter!
And everyone’s Facebook profile
Would say, I am a Dolphin.
Because...well, dolphins.
Even if the homeless had the sense to be poodles,
They’d be better fed.
But bad luck for the homeless,
They’re human.
Carla Sarett, 2020
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