Robert Verdon, #414, dole or hole
welcome
to Central Stink
we’re
here to help you
dole
or hole?
living
without an address
to
which Centrelink can post
unconscionable
demands of its customers
no life-sapping computer or phone or tv
returning
to peasant agriculture
in
city parks or on the edge
of
town
avoiding
the two-party
one-party
state of property-owners
like
a soldier of fortune
with
no fortune
in a
foxhole without a gun
or
even a Bible
and
passing the time
with
poetry and cask wine
no
need for money or tax or bank accounts
and no need for funeral insurance
either
wrap me up with me stockwhip and blankets...
ReplyDeleteblankets in this weather are truly masochistic! :)
ReplyDeleteJeez, Robbie. Good (and scary) poem. Capitalism doesn't take care of its own very well. Redistribute!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob. Agree entirely!
ReplyDeletereading this cheers up one's mood so much !! thanks!
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome! :)
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