Street People of Santa Barbara

Street People of Santa Barbara

St. Barbara wrapped in a Versace habit
Steps out of her Bentley and over
The human wreck sprawled on the pavement
In front of the Saks Fifth Avenue shrine
On her way to morning Mass, intent on
Bestowing yet more of her heavenly
Divorce settlement on Christian Dior, as
The cloud of Givenchy she wafts on collides
With the piss stench of the homeless man
And the heel of her Prada accidentally
Gets snared in his satchel,
Breaks off,
And trips her,
So she finds herself sprawled across him,
Forming the sign of our Savior.

Just another day in Santa Barbara, California
The city of aimless pilgrims.