Saturday, February 27, 2021

bemused

there are the poor
and then there are the poorer.
having been
both.
a truth sticks with you.
a dime
means something.
a pair of shoes
bread.
the heat on.
a bed to sleep in.
and when you dream, do
you dream about
not having
what you have.
no wood for the fire.
no milk?
and yet if you tell another
soul,
a son, or father,
they look at you bemused,
they'll deny it ever happened.
liar.

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