scag-dancing

nobody tells her how to spend her pay
so she thought nothing of passing a buck
to the man – bronze with sun and dirt –
clutching his poverty and homelessness
scag*-dancing his way down Mainline St.

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silentlyheardonce says:

June 26, 2015 at 9:17 am

A beautifully written visual poem. Love the line ‘bronze with sun and dirt’.

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Sharmishtha Basu says:

June 23, 2015 at 10:54 pm

beautiful!

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scillagrace says:

June 23, 2015 at 6:24 am

Ah, that Bayer company….from aspirin to pesticides to heroin. A dance partner that promises to support us the more we lean in.

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1. Jamie Dedes says:
  
  June 23, 2015 at 8:15 am
  
  🙂
  
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2. Jamie Dedes says:
  
  June 23, 2015 at 2:04 pm
  
  … and don’t forget their participation as Nazis in WWII and before …
  http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bayer-nazi-role-article-1.701925
  
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  1. scillagrace says:
    
    June 23, 2015 at 3:43 pm
    
    I discovered that in Wikipedia right after I commented! The pesticides I learned about during a class on pollinators and Colony Collapse Disorder.
    
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    1. Jamie Dedes says:
      
      June 23, 2015 at 4:25 pm
      
      Doesn’t make us happy. 😦
      
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