Opposite of the professionally pathetic, this poet has never been able to bring herself to go around constantly squeaking unpleasantly just in order to be the wheel which scores some grease.

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Recorded Reading (1:09): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q63xj9ixd73hwc1nyj799/A-Little-Class.mp3?rlkey=2m5yermer796juiv1b5idsazh&st=3uko7ied&dl=0

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A Little Class

How often has it happened
I’ve remedied the lack
Of some trash space’s stewardship,
Just to have to give it back?

How often have used gifts which were
In charity bestowed,
When my good care had made them good
And beautifully glowed,

Made to an excuse be
For denigration, on the score
That obviously priv’ledged I
Took from whom required them more?

Because I paint, glue and repair
The cast-offs of society
Until they from expensive products
Indistinguishable be

Because there is a little grace
In what I use and wear
(Especially when with
Overpriced ugliness compare)

Because I go in beauty
Does not mean I wealth amass
It only means one simple thing —
I have a little class

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This poet works for the good of her nation and society, seven days a week.

She’s in a pretty bad fix right now ~ due to the new crime of online targeting already homeless, now for the same reason the van she lives in has stopped running. Not a hope of fixing it without donations.

SHE WILL NOT SIGN AWAY HER CIVIL RIGHTS AND ABANDON HER POSSESSIONS TO ENTER IMPRISONMENT IN A “SHELTER.” SHE WILL NOT WAIT FOR IMPRISONMENT FOR AN UNPAYABLE FINE.

One ticket is death. Real.

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