Poem of the Week: The Blanket Lady

Sheryl L. Nelms, Member at Large, Clyde, TX

she unwraps herself
from her stack
of blankets

folds each over
her left arm

and hobbles
into the Fort Worth Federal Building

in fifteen minutes
she shuffles back
out into the cold

standing on the steep steps
she rewraps
herself

a blue one circles her waist
protecting her legs

a green one wraps around her shoulders
and a pink one lops over her arm
for her to sit on
later