The Newspaper Stand/Round Dance

At the newspaper stand
Walking down a hungry street
Vacant eyes passing citizens by
City boulevards skidding rows
Tucked between storied buildings
Concrete profit erections
Reaching into sky
While policeman's circling blocks

At the newspaper stand
A man sleeps in a show store doorway
Just around the corner
A POW's duty to escape
Bros and a Sister riding the needle
While policeman's circling blocks

At the newspaper stand
Somebody needs a dime for food he says
As yesterdays wine
Falls from his forehead
Someone's brother walks with
Someone's sister
What they do best, one of them for sale
While policeman's circling blocks

At the newspaper stand
Newspaper headline warning
Guerilla insurgency Central America
Capitalist must stop communist plot
Keep world free for Democracy
And Human Rights and Human Dignity
While politicians circling blocks

I read an article about a woman
A woman living in the war
In Central America
I read an article about a woman
A woman living in the war
In central America
A woman lost her family
A woman the only survivor
A woman goes to sleep one night
A woman waking up
A woman not a mother anymore anymore
A woman held on she could not scream
A woman not submitting to the enemy
A woman praying for women
On the other side
A woman rebuilding her life
A woman in the Middle East
A woman in Europe
A woman in Africa
A woman in Asia
A woman in North America
A woman in Different Situations
A woman all the same
A woman pays for man's war

At the newspaper stand
Newspaper headlines warning
Guerrilla insurgency Central America
Capitalist must stop Communist plot
Keep world free for democracy
And human rights and human dignity
While policeman's circling blocks