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Poem Details
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| Title: | Old or Poor |
| Author: | Jim |
| Date Submitted: | 12/16/2009 |
| Email: | jimellner@hotmail.com |
| Poem: |
His shoes dead from attrition Walking in poverty''s stride Half supply of medication taking out of penury Used to be a whole man Even with a mental disorder Remembered with nostalgia When mental health clinics existed Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States of Amercia War on poverty and the existence of mental health clinics That was forty years ago Long before the fall of America May my luck hold out Good karma in bad times I''m still working Breathing with anxiety in the new mindset Millions unemployed Living on a pittance It''s got to be something novel to follow Old way gone forever Death built into the fibre Birthing with pain ... |