You think poor is…

One car not two

semi, not detached

the right school

the wrong brand

the wrong label.

I think poor is…

Tide-lines

thick enough to pick at

cardboard soles

in shoes with holes

and stains that don’t

wash clean.

Together

we know poor is…

the curl of a lip

in a hostile world,

the shame

of not fittin...

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