Poverty Is Expensive

Poverty is expensive
To those already poor -
Costing their time, wages

And spirit, yet they live 
A hopeful porter
In their villages -

Subject to elitism. 
I, for one, never
Received an invitation.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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