I died because I'm poor. (Compassionate mod kicks in a penny for the funeral)

Poet | I.C. Howe

[phoenixrising47]

I died because I'm poor.

I'm floating in the water. My Mom is accross from me. Mosquitos swarm around us. They're our only friends.

I'm in the United States. Of, America. Not Vietnam. I'm not on T.V. It's really me. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

Mama's eyes are fluttering. Like a butterfly. This is real. Please, people. Not a photo op. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

I spit on Mama's lips, to give her moisture. Her face turns cold. I'm crying 'cause I'm poor.

Oh, Mama! Dear sweet Mama. I wail into the sky. Where's that promising Bush? Mama didn't have to die.

Now it's my turn. I hear the helicopter, but have no strenth to go out on the porch. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

I hear the rotors of the blades. I'm hugging Mama. Get her warm. Oh, Mama, it's come to this. We're dying 'cause we're poor.

I reach out to the men. And suddenly it's black. My life's film has broke. It broke 'cause I'm poor.

It broke 'cause I'm poor. It didn't have to be. We did better in the Tsunami. We did better in the war.

We died 'cause we're poor

by I.C. Howe

[RayStacy]

Good one! LOL. That was great.

[NonValueAdded]

10 points off for not finding a way to make "Bush's fault" rhyme.

[BamaAndy]

His poetry sucks. It just isn't good--depsiote the message. I've read better from sixth graders.

[McGruff]

The Mods are slow this morning. :-)
No, we're here. Just reading and drinking some coffee ;-)

Don't you just love the smell of Ozone in the morning? Smells like victory!

[xsrdx]

I died because I'm poor.

Working is for Suckers.

[starbase]

This is out of the compilation "A Line in the Sand" by Dick Draggin.

LOL! Right, I should have included the book title, so that would be Under the Grand Stands by Seymour Butts!

[headsonpikes]

Truly, your poem is the gift that keeps giving!

A second reading inspired fresh gales of laughter. This is wonderful stuff.

Apply for a grant!

[Skip Ripley]

I had to take a bathroom break...is the kid still dead?

[mtbrandon49]

You died because you lived below sea level. DUH!!

[Hatteras]

"We died 'cause we're poor"

Then how did he write this?

[Toby06]

I died because I'm poor.

You are poor by choice.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[Tenacious 1]

[Poor is a defeatest state of mind that all liberals push to make everyone feel sorry for them. It's called welfare state.]
ZOT!

If it weren't for the poor and victimized among us, there would not be a solid democrat voting base. Then where would we be?

[Jonah Hex]

Buh-bye...

[Alberta's Child]

Wow -- that's a classic. LOL!

[Vision]

We got a bad one here. User name Phoenix Rising and the only sentence from his profile..."I concerned member of the Human Race"

Hey idiot, if you stop screwing around on message boards, go get a job, you won't be dying anymore. Just go find a job you kinda think is fun and go from there. Geesh you guys are losers. Buck up!

[tcostell]

OK I'm convinced. Where do I sign up for Marxism?

(Naturally I'll be with you on the central planning committee right? You aren't going to make me slog it out in the mud with all the other peasants are you?)

[tcostell]

Lol.

[MarkeyD]

7 trillion dollar spent on the war on poverty, and you're still poor?

[Iscool]

WOW...Is George that bad of a singer???