Measuring Apathy

A poem of the moment

I couldn’t help but to wonder
While walking through rosy twilight
Whether the man I stepped over
Asleep on the sidewalk with a
Trashbag pillow and placid smile
Just across the street from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Factored into their reporting
On the economic lives of
Our fellow Americans and
Prospects of brighter days ahead
For the social service sector
Because no one came out to check
And see what data he could share.