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.
© 2012, poem, Jamie Dedes, All rights reserved; Photo ~ circa WW I heroin bottle by Mpv51 via Wikipedia and released into the public domain.
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A beautifully written visual poem. Love the line ‘bronze with sun and dirt’.
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beautiful!
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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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🙂
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… 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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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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Doesn’t make us happy. 😦
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