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A Visit To the Food Stamp Office

Being a poet means (of course ) that I am not rich So I headed off to the food stamp office Across form me while I wait are 3 females One is a Moslem! Another an African American with a larger hat than I have on My name is called out I would like to tell the interviewer that I have had 4 poems selected for inclusion in the NY Times I douibt he would care Once when I worked for an executive recruiter someone - referring to poetry said "you can eat the paper" when I let him know I had poetry published I guess I'll eat the paper maybe it will be delicous

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 1/2/2019 7:41:00 PM

Quite savory, some poems; occasionally sweet.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/31/2018 3:26:00 PM

thanks for seeing one of my latest poems, Matt. Happy New Year's Eve. it is coming fast to you now.

Matthew Anish

Date: 12/28/2018 9:55:00 AM

Nice sentiments! I do play the lottery, however! Peace & Blessings Matthew Anish

Arthur Vaso

Date: 12/28/2018 12:24:00 AM

I dare say, no woman is out of your league, a poet is always rich by the way, in the bank of words! :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/26/2018 5:00:00 PM

eat the paper. Oh my! I like your response to that , Matt. Hmmm, so you use food stamps . I recall doing it ages ago when we were struggling and our two kids were babies.