No One Knows My Name

Monica Gunning
Jamaican
b. 1930

 

When I walked
down the road,
I’d hear Aunt Sue’s voice,
“How you doing, dear heart?”
Or “There goes me sunshine girl!”
Uncle Joe would call from his cart.

Here in the big city,
thousands pass me by.
No sweet voices like rain
sprinkle me with care.
No one knows or calls my name.

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