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Another Dead Pauper Thoughts...
Another Dead Pauper thoughts…
Who’ll take my place as a pauper,
when I die horribly from being poor.
Will they say it’s right and proper,
to pick another who’ll die for sure.
Strange to write or speak of death,
when I feel it’s hand on my shoulder.
You can smell it’s sour, rancid breath,
every day as you strive to be older.
Fear it, say no, they say it’s inevitable,
that means it’s pretty much a certainty.
Of course I wish it was avoidable,
me thinks I’m in a gang of plenty.
But still I hope they are more giving,
not for me or even my dead shell.
For the poorest still left here living,
a life barely much better than hell.
Oh I know there are a lot of detractors,
even more who will soundly just disagree.
The most emulous are usually our factors,
from a society where even water is not free.
If from our water they must make a profit,
then they tax as we earn to pay their wages.
As far as earths concerned I’d rather be of it,
than let the bastards grind me down in stages.
See we come from water it’s our life’s blood,
nature uses it’s clarity in everything around.
From a most beautiful animal to flowering bud,
we are this ~elemental wonder~ so profound.
About This Poem
Last Few Words: What else can they charge us for. Even our basic needs and rights have a price, when it comes to the profiteers.
Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft
Comments
China Blue
11 years 8 months ago
Roscoe
Yet again a perfect write.
Roscoe Lane
11 years 8 months ago
Thank you,
Thank you very much for your kind words. Love Roscoe....
wesley snow
11 years 8 months ago
I can offer nothing.
This is a marvelous poem.
Roscoe Lane
11 years 8 months ago
Thank you,
Thank you very much for your kind words. Regards Roscoe...
Seren
11 years 8 months ago
Oh Roscoe
You've got me wanting to write in meter, something I haven't done in a very long time maybe its time to polish off my rhyming skills lol.
This is a wonderful poem I cannot find fault, what a great poem to read on my return it seems I go away for a little while and when I come back I find the bar has risen again :)
Wonderful to read you my friend
love JC x
Roscoe Lane
11 years 8 months ago
Thank you,
Thank you JC, it's so good to have you back. Hope all's well. Love Roscoe...
mand
11 years 8 months ago
Hi Roscoe
Your poems pack a punch - heartfelt and lay it on the line!
What can I say - I agree with all the above comments.
Love Mand xxxxx
Roscoe Lane
11 years 8 months ago
Thank you,
Thank you Mand for your comments, i'm glad you got something from this poem. Love Roscoe...
Ian.T
11 years 8 months ago
Roscoe
A great write that as JC and all the others say, brings Meter to the fore.
Not to worry about who will take your place in the structure of being, you are unique and will never be replaced, there are many in the world that would gladly take your place, I see them dying each day smiling that they can go to a better place after suffering so..
Take care out there it is a hard thing this Life, Yours Ian.T
Roscoe Lane
11 years 8 months ago
Thank you,
Thank you Ian for your very kind comments. Regards Roscoe...