You Don't Get To Rest If You Are Poor
Stephen Taylor Photo by José Martín Ramírez Carrasco on Unsplash You don’t get to rest if you are poor. Hard work for holidays doesn’t exist; Come home—if you have one—Grandfather’s mattress Collapse and sleep and go again. Children choose hunger so parents can eat. Stomach growling silently filled with watery soup; Fantasy fills the void. Mocked for clothes that do not last Worn to rags and patched up again. No newness is no news Tomorrow walks in worn-out shoes. Stress of s