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Poverty

Poverty Poverty is like Being squeezed dry And then squeezed some more Then wrung like a barely damp dish towel And hung on the line to dry slowly

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Date: 12/28/2020 11:03:00 AM
A very enjoyable poem and full of evocative emotions.
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Louvenia Duncan
Date: 12/28/2020 1:27:00 PM
Thank you. It is easy to write about something that you have experienced.
Date: 12/28/2020 11:00:00 AM
Poverty is certainly like being squeezed dry. I've been there my friend. Homeless, penniless, begging for coin to get a drop of booze.
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Louvenia Duncan
Date: 12/28/2020 1:28:00 PM
Only the strong surivive it.

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