Poverty is an arrestable offense in the Land of the Free.

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Recorded Reading (0:43): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/99h71w5uig265801j96au/mr.-bojangles.mp3?rlkey=mgys7wgui22o9wrcs1q8x239v&st=we7stskg&dl=0

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mr. bojangles

you know that guy…

the one in mismatched
patches

falling apart, but
still smiling

mr. bojangles

made you feel street cool
to be honored
by his casual chuckle

there
day in, day out

sunny ones you came
rainy ones you didn’t

made you feel generous
when you gave ‘im a dolla?

okay

where is he
now

do you suppose?

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The poet/editor of this website is physically disabled, and lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

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