Home Follows a Drifting Heart

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Home Follows the Drifting HeartIt was a cold Denver winter, and outside a shopping centerwas parked a rusty old RVand there a homeless lady, tried to breast feed her babythough she was nearly starvingher friend Saigon John went to the shelter downtownbut she'd been there before and trouble was all she foundso she shivered and tried to copekissed her child and hopedhome follows a drifting hearthome follows a drifting heartwell, a two-faced church elder, opened that homeless sheltersaid he cared about women's welfarebut one night he fathered, her infant daughter and since then she sleeps elsewherebut Saigon John found an old gold watchpawned it and bought a pint of scotchten bucks in his torn peacoathe went to that shelter and hopedhome follows a drifting hearthome follows a drifting heartwell, that snowbird saw her huddled, surrounded by frozen puddleson the ground by his Winnebagotickled her crying baby, and offered that grateful ladya warm, slow ride to San Diegoand a shadow tried to rob poor Johnbut that old vet was strongthey fought over a knifethat church elder didn't survivebut hospitals have their advantagesand Saigon John loves his warm bandageshome follows a drifting hearthome follows a drifting heart(c)2004 Robert George