I need pegs to hang things on...

pegs that are mine exclusively

waiting empty until I need them,

where I know everything is mine.

I need places to put my shoes...

places close to where I sleep

so they’ll be there when I wake

to take me into the world again.

How do homeless people do it...

keep their things together and

their wits about them day to day?

How do they know what’s theirs?