When, a Cry

Out! Out!! He cried. Why is he crying? His friend refused to leave him His friend has refused to go! To him Suffering is a second skin Poverty is an identity Homelessness is a symbol Hunger is a perfume! So he cries That his friend of many years Should go! when? He cries will you leave me you heartless friend! just go and let me be, he wept as he pled with his unyielding friend poverty!!! He is but one of the many Who are bosom friends Of this ruthless entity Called poverty! So I join them To ask On our behalf When will our friend Leave us for good?