“Haves and Have Nots”
Would all your
Worldly possessions
Fit in folded fabric
Tied at the end
Of a stick
Would your feet
Meet the road
With a rubber sole
Or be branded
In the kiln of the sun
Would you carry
A jug of cool drink
And gulp it
Fast as a faucet
Or would you cry
Just to taste
The salt of a tear
Would you have
Any food
Enough for three squares
Or would you
Scratch and scrape
For a single berry
Way out of reach
Would you have
A friend
That would put you up
Or would you
Look for a bridge
To cover you
Would you have
Paper in the bank
Or a hole in your pocket
Where a penny fell
Like a gull in the Gulf
Would you have
Any family to call
Or would they be
Dead to you
Boxed one way
Or the other
Would you have
Any hope
Or would you not
Even know
What that is
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