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Poverty Is Not
An infectious disease
spread through the air
or blood.
Nor a dominant gene
passed down
from father to son.
No one chooses
to go out daily
alive with hunger.
It is a silent burglar
with a sharp knife
cutting away at will.
Leaving behind only
the form, the shape, the shadows
Leaving behind only
the form, the shape, the shadows
of what we are.
Cheryl L Moyer
Cheryl L Moyer
Greene County, AL
(As I Found It - 11/10/04)
The streets have no names
So I drive to nowhere.
So I arrive at no place.
They have no phone
So I can call no one.
They offer me food
Of which they have none.
The rain falls through the roof
Which is no longer there.
Pigs, dogs and cows wander by
There are no fences.
The children don't cry
There's nothing for them to want.
After I say goodbye
I can't say where I've been.
