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People on the streets Parents working second jobs Trying to make ends meet Savings depleting as prices rob Mothers' seek cheapest cuts of meat Politicians out to make wealthy richer As if that were the answer to division Between those that have not a pitcher Or bowl large enough to catch false vision Of milk and crumbs that never trickle down From those who have and care not For those whose voices have no sound While criminals get three squares and a cot r  3 Nov 13
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Nov 3, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 at 1:14 PM UTC
Three Squares and a Cot
People on the streets Parents working second jobs Trying to make ends meet Savings depleting as prices rob Mothers' seek cheapest cuts of meat Politicians out to make wealthy richer As if that were the answer to division Between those that have not a pitcher Or bowl large enough to catch false vision Of milk and crumbs that never trickle down From those who have and care not For those whose voices have no sound While criminals get three squares and a cot r  3 Nov 13
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Nov 3, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 at 1:14 PM UTC
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