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Yes There Is Always

The chorus of the poor
Says the Economist,
As if it is a given,
An expected outcome.
A Greek tragedy
To be rewritten
In modern for the hungry
Minds of the better off,
An entertainment for the few,
While the poor hold out their palms
With a radical point of view,
An imaginary paradise called equality.

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jennifer Malden

Fri 30th Nov 2018 17:11

Nice - loved it. Unfortunately too true. Jennifer

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Eric Maynard

Fri 30th Nov 2018 15:11

loved - "Minds of the better off"

Big Sal

Fri 30th Nov 2018 12:55

This read very much like a story or a film script. Each line held the keys to the next (scene) before by the time the reader is ready, the piece ends.

Well done on the structure and imagery.?

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