The Social Experience......Helping the Unsigned Artist Get Heard!!!
Back alley conversion.
©-2014-Matthew F Blowers III
Artwhimsically Yours Studio
It was just an
old whiskey crate,
the size of a small coffin,
made of splintered wood,
and newspapers,
in which the
newborn was laid,
by the fleeing
teen-aged mother.
The umbilical cord
was freshly cut,
and had clotted quickly
in the frigid air
she'd used a
Swedish Army knife,
to free herself
of her burden.
For there was no
room at her IN,
her IN with her friends,
for this lust luggage,
so she stuck the infant
in an old tin shed,
out back of a tavern,
where they stored
empty cases and kegs
It was here that the bums
gathered in awe and wonder,
on that cold December eve.
Two stray dogs led them there.
There was the young,
but sadly disheartened,
Molly who had a bad drug habit,
that drove her to being homeless.
Then there was the
former carpenter
who had been laid off,
and now lived
on the streets
begging small
change for his life.
Three older but wiser
kings of the gutter,
came next
men who had
spent many years
foraging treasures
from dumpsters.
They all gathered
at this spot,
and gazed in awe
at this tiny baby.
Each of the older,
wiser men,
hobbled away
quickly to get
sustenance for it,
bearing gifts on
their return
such as a glass
pint of creme,
someone had disposed of
with just a wee bit
in the bottom,
heated over a
Bic lighter
and rubbed
on the babys gums.
A tattered blanket of wool,
so dearly treasured
in the icy cold,
but offered to
warm this babe.
Plus an almost empty
bottle of baby oil,
as well as a clean
pillowcase still boxed
scrounged from
behind a drug store,
to use on the
baby's wet behind,
as they struggled
to change it as well
to keep things warmer..
Suddenly in that
small fragment of time
all of their problems
became minuscule.
Molly who had always
wanted a child,
but couldn't,
saw hope in this baby
snuggled so warm
in her arms,
as it clung to her
as if she really mattered.
She became an instant
Madonna that night.
The carpenter seeing
the beauty of this act
began to fall in love
with the baby,
and also looked at
Molly in a new light.
The three old kings
of the gutter
got even wiser,
so moved were they,
by this tender waif,
left all alone without love,
and they began remembering
children and grandchildren
that they had long left alone
and missed,
and so they each in time
staggered back to homes,
that held loved ones
they'd long ago deserted
and were welcomed
with open arms.
Molly and the carpenter
took the baby
to the Salvation Army shelter,
where they had
been turned away
just hours before.
But this time because
they were a family
they had priority and it
got them room at that inn,
and then that same
service found work
over the next three days
for the carpenter,
and for Molly,
which led to a small
walk up apartment,
and a chance
to be something
of worth for them both.
P a r e n t s.
The baby grew up to be
a very famous doctor,
who was responsible
for curing
two forms of cancer
one which was breast,
and the other esophageal
just one of God's
many answers
sent to earth
wrapped in the
flesh of newborns.
he saved many lives
because he was saved,
on that long ago night.
Of course, he
was never told
the story of his rescue,
nor of the c
onversion
of five lost souls
in a back alley
on Christmas eve.
Though it wouldn't
have changed a thing.
"May your hearts all be given birth
to many Happy Holidays to come."
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