They sit,
slumped in stature,
nothing to do but wait.
Depression crowds the park and chokes
the soul.
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Author Notes
Reginald Marsh painted this scene of five people on a park bench during the Great Depression. Behind this central grouping is a throng of others, jobless, crowding the park with nothing productive to do. Marsh, a political radical in an era that drove many to his political stance, drew the indigent of the cities many times.
Today, as many are losing jobs and hoping for a solution, this painting resonates with me even more than the first time I fell in love with it years ago. Google Reginald Marsh The Park Bench to find the picture.
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