This poem is dedicated to Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition.
"We're in this together"
Yet where are you?
Stay safe
Has become a phrase
To common to Uncertainty
Yet those that are in "Lock-down"
Barely fear the unknown
When was the last time shelter in place
Took food from your home
When was the last time shelter in place
Paused a normal reality
When was the last time shelter in place
Meant to relax and take a pause
When was the last time shelter in place
Made you think
that the phrase pay check to pay check
will no longer hold
Yet
"We're in this together"
Burns to the eye sockets
Of those knowing there is no home
Money running low
But the country is willing to stimulate
Pockets
where is that gold mine
no one really knows
yet the poor is suppose to continue betting
on the rich
powerball running low
so why not try your luck
BUT
"We're in this together"
As the poor becomes cold
Remember its Spring time outside.
Poem dedicated to Mark Mussman.
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