Life Wallet Poems

The blind man visited you
With the help of his stick…

You let him in.

When he left you found out that
Your wallet has gone…...

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Poverty's not the man who suffers.
Poverty's not his life.
Poverty's just an empty wallet
that hugs his azz too light....

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I found an old wallet the other day
It was worn and I wondered what had stayed
When I felt the old leather
as a familiar touch
I thought...

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It is true that I
in my years of life, never
seen such emptiness....

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On Friday night whilst I, in boredom, was channel hopping, 
through lots of rubbishy programmes, including shopping.
I regret to admit that I found me, 
reached...

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Bulge In Your Wallet

From the bulge in your wallet
I can see the outline of a ring
Are you sure you are ready?
To be carrying that kind...

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Non descript brown wallet
Slightly bent at the edges
Indent of cards on leather
Inside is a Driver’s license
Credit card
Debit card
Building pass
Right hand side
Photos of children
Train pass
Metro card
Retail...

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and she stares back 
through the small window
placed precariously on the hearth
catching my sporadic glimpse.

this morning is different
an interrupted rendezvous,
a young man your arm holds
casting...

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though
                  your 
     ...

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