Sarah meanders, swearing, in and out of the traffic.

The cars stop and the first driver steps into the pouring rain, her makeup running with her own tears as she struggles to cover up Sarah’s nakedness with a coat.

There is a dim light of recognition in her mother’s eyes.

Allyson Salmon has had three poems printed by United Press including one in their National Poetry Antology 2015. She is married with one grown up daughter.