The
rich write books
About how they got out of their rags
And that's fair enough.
About how they got out of their rags
And that's fair enough.
But
is there a market
For other stories of miracle?
Stories by those who have the remains of the day
And yet remain.
For other stories of miracle?
Stories by those who have the remains of the day
And yet remain.
Of
those who live a little above, below, around the lines of
poverty-
Measured and cut out for them by others
At a table with chairs made by, not for, them-
And yet manage to have lives.
Measured and cut out for them by others
At a table with chairs made by, not for, them-
And yet manage to have lives.
Can
that blurb produce a wow,
Inspire the reader to pick up the book?
Or do we predict more of a shrug, because the story is ordinary, because "they're used to it"?
Inspire the reader to pick up the book?
Or do we predict more of a shrug, because the story is ordinary, because "they're used to it"?
First published in Social Justice Poetry, 1 Nov 2017.
4 comments:
Touching
Thank you :).
It's a much smaller market and we might run into each other there.
I have been waiting!
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