Emile Pinet Poet Quatern

Empty Bellies

While homeless people beg for food;
partiers celebrate New Year's Eve.
Cheerful festivities flourish;
only steps from empty bellies.

Drunk revelers sing Auld Lang Syne
while homeless people beg for food.
Happy hugs and midnight kisses;
are juxtaposed by poverty.

The haves, helping out the have-nots;
was last year's failed resolution.
While homeless people beg for food:
they're kept discreetly out of sight.

Friends ply guests with delicacies
and large amounts of alcohol.
And by midnight, they're vomiting:
while homeless people beg for food.

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Anne-Lise Andresen November 29, 2020 at 10:55 AM - Congratulations on your win in the Juxtaposition contest, Emile :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Emile Pinet November 29, 2020 at 2:13 PM Thanks Anne-Lise, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

Alexis Y. November 25, 2020 at 10:34 AM Hi Emile, Congratulations on your win. Have a great day:-) Alexis Emile Pinet November 25, 2020 at 2:40 PM Thanks Alexis, I appreciate it my friend, Emile.

Silent One November 25, 2020 at 7:30 AM sad reality of life my friend and it happens all over the world and it will be like this in the festive season also.... Congratulations on your placement in the contest.. Emile Pinet November 25, 2020 at 7:52 AM Thanks S.O., I appreciate it my friend, Emile.