Short Handout Poems

am just me
you see
money is the key
to being free
no doudt
you get some time
from
HANDOUT...

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Wild kitties
waiting patiently
for handout 
on patio.

Cats  move over
for 
baby skunk.

By: Joyce Johnson
written for Dr. Mehta's contest "Septolet"...

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Who Cares?

Who cares…
When loved ones with dementia go missing and resources caregivers lack
When the poor are given a handout, not a helping hand to get on track
When lying scammers and telemarketers, seniors cannot hold back 
And one bad decision results in suicide or homicide following a hack?...

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Laziness Is A Choice
Miracle Man
(from my archives)

Many are content to go through life hitching rides,
but I prefer to work and drive a car;
Those going through life constantly seeking a handout
Will always have their hand out,
and just enough in it to keep their gut from growling.




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Standing amid the cold
in the long lines of hunger

It is!
the wind, a blowing 
that chill the bone 
pushing up from the lungs
and passing from the mouth 
to a frosty cold breath 
 
who awaits, this friendly handout  
for this well needed nourishment  
with hands that are in destination 
reaching for the warmest of soups 


Thank you for your giving!...

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lessons handed down
no acts of kindness
more like the answer
to the question
are we paying attention

back in sixty-five
forty second and San Pedro
backroom of the barber shop
racking pool balls for pennies
or whatever them players
saw fit to handout 

hustle in some folk’s eyes
scripture in others
Gandhi or Elijah Muhammad 
Jesus over Iceberg Slim

a world like a bordello
filled with pimps and Johns
and the only ho' in the room 
was me...

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would feel great inside
when God did give us much pride
to heaven free ride

have propensity
for much sensitivity
with humility

looked in annual
God gave me a spaniel
name was Daniel

God has made me whole
blessed by Him and saved my soul
was His greatest goal

God said twist and shout
when we received His handout
flowers up will sprout

saw latest release
properly should treat police
hair was combed with grease

How about those Horn Haiku?...

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