Friday, October 5, 2007

A wealth of poverty

There is a perverse form of poverty
where those who feel they do not have enough
are compelled to keep everything

Easy to spot
cars on the lawn
porch cluttered with long-unused items
all infused with the scent of fear or suspicion
that they may be needed again
someday

How evident the contradiction to be poor,
and stiffled and fenced in
by one's own possessions?




image from a Decatur, AL newspaper

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