Tagged: haves

your family has

your family has
a house in the so-and-so rolls
right off your tongue, lands

on the soil between us, begins
excavation and backfill
.
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people who don’t have

people who don’t have
room can’t imagine what people
who have room fill their

houses with – how many things does
it really take to make a home?
.
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essential tools for

essential tools for
the haves speaking to the have-mores –
a dictionary,

materials to build bridges,
flora and fauna field guides
.
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we celebrate pi

we celebrate pi
day over a larger fraction
of the pie than some

folks could ever hope for – right
out of the pizza oven
.
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every other block,

every other block,
a fruit stand, a vegetable
stand – we take so much

for granted, strolling down these
city streets, satiated
.
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identifying

identifying
with the haves on sunday and
identifying

with the have-nots on monday
is human, it’s not either-or
.
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as the haves splinter

as the haves splinter
into haves and newly have-
nots, we are humbled,

no longer pretending to
have the answers, be in control
.
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the haves have a

the haves have a
singular way of
dedicating themselves
to the diagnosed
trials and tribulations
of the have-nots
when it’s
convenient,
corroborated,
and classifiable
in code. no new
language is
ever needed
for this tried-
and-true
tactical formula
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: tactical

the haves and the have

the haves and the have
nots rarely meet in neutral
territory, one

inevitably hosts the
other, begs to be comforted
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: comforted

under the same flag,

under the same flag,
joy, pain, freedom, enslavement,
haves, have nots chafing
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: have nots