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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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Rob Levasseur

Date: 12/28/2020 11:03:00 AM

A very enjoyable poem and full of evocative emotions.

Louvenia Duncan
Date: 12/28/2020 1:27:00 PM

Thank you. It is easy to write about something that you have experienced.

Rob Levasseur

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.

Louvenia Duncan
Date: 12/28/2020 1:28:00 PM

Only the strong surivive it.