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what do you want
from life
to have more than
other people
well, I've got
good news
in Los Angeles
over 60% rent
so if you own a home you
have something to lord over
not enough?
what about a car
if you bought it new
you beat out 70%
how 'bout food?
this one's easy
50% of the world
goes to bed hungry
maybe fear an illness?
chances are you're better off
than the 34,000,000 worldwide
with HIV (mostly in Africa)
want to hear about
a real minority?
there are a million
publishing poets in the US
nearly all of them
don't make money that way
they write for love
and peace and equality
they don't care much
for owning a home
driving a car
even eating meat
poetic hangovers
they're quite likely to have
because many of them suffer
to think any one is
living just to have
more than someone else
copyright 2009
Don Kingfisher
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