A lovely, sad tone poem. Like many, I was puzzled at first, but I'm convinced by Wendy and Susan's reading of it as describing the homeless.
If that's the case, I'm uncertain about the use of "button holes" in line 4. If the intent is to suggest that the men's coats are ragged, then the holes in question are likely larger than button holes. (The holes in "safety nets," such as those below the high wire, are larger than button holes as well. And the holes in the metaphorical social "safety net," which the homeless have fallen through, are good-sized, too.)
I don't know what to suggest instead--"looping holes" or "unstopped holes"?
In any case, lovely work.
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