In Poverty's Name Poem by Kurt Philip Behm
In Poverty's Name
How do you lay off a writer…
unemployment assured
In labored obscurity,
his fortune unscored
How do you invest in a future
that's devalued today
When checks never balance
—and words will not pay
(The New Room: March,2021)
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Topic(s) of this poem: obscurity
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