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Refugee | Poem

 
             Refugee
To have no home, no place to go To be without—identity. Nothing in a pocket Shoes without laces Time too much to spend Grieving. Hope hanging from a noose In a stranger’s hand. How does the heart survive? Where is the kindness that kills The dogs of war? The fires have burned to ashes Smoke rises without flame And the future is a long, cold night lost Alone.
- Laurence Overmire short bio Minding the Store                                                     Short Bio
Laurence Overmire is an actor/director/writer who has worked on stage, film and television from coast to coast.  He founded and produced The Writer's Lab in Los Angeles, a non-profit organization to foster quality writing in the entertainment industry.  Currently, he is developing a club act in Columbus, Ohio.
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