Even by their anodyne logic
they can't deduce that
if I was interested would I not have
whisked over when I had the shining new car
as they would do
to try and impress because they lack so much
or wait this long
believe it or not
I am not starving for anything
I am blessed in my own skin and ways
I am grateful for who I am and what I have
and I have not stolen from my neighbours
or gone next door to borrow money
or beg for bread, milk and sugar