It's Not the Money

Wanton decay daily displayed
In cities all across the USA

Parks abide in these urban scenes
Taunting insults at concrete memes

Asphalt is the ghetto's grass
Decorated with the indolent's trash

Why men choose to live in squalor
Has no connection with having dollars
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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July 10, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Awesome work here many blessings
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