Poverty Poem by Dorsey Baker

Poverty is
a man or a woman
with gun in hand
threatening to shoot
themselves
or someone else
Poverty is
a man or a woman
drinking or drugging themselves
to death
Poverty is
a child
whose mother and father
are apart and just cannot
get along!
Poverty is
someone whose health is failing
or has failed
Poverty is
someone without compassion
for their fellowman
Poverty just means
being poor
and you can be poor
in many many ways!