National Poetry Month 1/30

4.1.17

subway
car to car
the poor plead with the poor for pennies
panhandlers pondering which prose
will fare better for their pockets
the are storytellers

will their tales of poverty earn a penny from your pocket? 

eyes averting as
minds attempt to rationalize 
pinched purses 

contemporary paupers 
pleading 
people
paying 
no mind