Poverty

things are hard,

The bigman in a big hurry
Flings his agbada and these words
His...

Poverty creeps a loathsome step, never announcing its arrival,

from finer means to meagre times,...

No lecky in the meter

a pocket full of lint

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Zero hour contracts

no...

If you had to live
the way I do,
then you too would
feel sad and blue.
To have...

2+2=4

4+4=8

8+8=16

16+16=32

32+32=64

64+64=128

128+128=256...

Hollowness suffering in defiance

I is the mother's darling

My darling mothers

What...

The view from down here
is something quite else

I see all the high and mighty people
...

When the times turn tough and more unpredictable,

You know in your heart what makes them bearable...

Lubbock 1960 a time of poverty

second-hand gifts under the tree

powdered eggs from...

Returning from my routine shopping,

I see a little girl on the footpath,

holding out a tin...

For sake of others I take each and every breathe,

Totally committed to easing suffering until my...

His had been a very difficult life
From when he knew his left from right
There was always one...

Mountains rushing, swaying back,

Lapse the moments of all time;

What sublime being made thy...

When angels cry,

Their tears billow from the sky,

Crying for the once vibrant beautiful...