What Color Is.... Poem by Eric Cockrell

What Color Is....



what color is broke?
broke down, busted,
aint got a dime...
broke!
what color is hungry?
does it have a language
known only to empty bowls?
what color is homeless?
does it keep the body
warm in the night?
does anybody give a damn?
what color is jobless?
does it redeem the thief
that breaks out the window,
moving with silent desperation?
and what color is alone?
can anybody hear?
does anybody really give a damn?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Simon Collins 07 July 2012

Assign the colors bro, subtle they may be

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Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi 06 July 2012

In India the color of the poverty is red, but in china, it is the color of prosperity. For the thieves, depends upon the types of theft, they can choose the color. For example, if someone likes to steal a heart, boys normally choose blue and the girls pick up pink. I do not know why they always choose the colors of their cradle uniforms..

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Gajanan Mishra 06 July 2012

Fine. We are unable to make any color. Thanks. Please read my new poems and comment.

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