"Life in the Five and Ten" is comprised of several poems that I've written in the past thirty years. The meaning of the work as a whole remind me that a new day is a day to dress differently, write in a different style, sing a new song, talk to a different person...the topics scan emotion, from loneliness to hopeful futures, from street talk junkies to occasional kindness, and from povertystricken and wartorn countries where people are punished for...