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Poor Rich Man

Disheveled and homeless, laying on the street, They walk on past, stepping over his feet. Noses in the air, disgust cloud their senses, Looking at the homeless like public offenses. Not knowing that he once before had it all But it was so long ago, he struggles to recall. He lost his six figure job and all of his money. He didn’t invest so he feels like a dummy. Met with foreclosures and many repossessions, He hit the bottle and fell into depression. Poverty sadly doesn’t have a face. Any one of you could be in his place.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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