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

[Allegra]

I LOVE "Kill My Landlord."

Haven't heard that one in a while.

"C-I-L-L my laaaand-looord."

[kimmie7]

Oh my, your tag......SO stealing that! LOL

[DustyMoment]

Lord have mercy, I HATE this crap!!!!

[Psycho_Bunny]

IC shitty poetry and hyperbole.

[ShandaLear]

Get a job.

[Little Ray]

The "poor" in the USA frequently have TVs, cars and / or weight problems.

[Paisan]

You died because you stayed after you were advised to leave.
You stayed because you thought you could loot some new stuff
Nice try.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Where's that promising Bush? Mama didn't have to die.

It's Bush's fault.^TM

[scott0347]

IBTZ!!!!!!!!

[small voice in the wilderness]

Have you heard Shirly Q. Liquor's version of "Who IS my chilruns' daddy?" There's a beautiful dedication to her 15th child, Assinine, whereby she asks the age old question: 'And WHY is he lookin so blank?'

[WideGlide]

The best you can hope for is that the next devastating flood is on Election day in Chocolate Town. Then you can be sure that Nagin will have all dem buses running. All you gotta do for that carton of Kools is vote for the peoples with the big "D" next to their name.

[after dark]

>"I died because I'm poor."
Well, maily because you aren't too bright."


Katrina should have been a wake up call...If a nuclear strike ,a big earth quake or heaven help us, we are hit with an asteroid ,our leaders(republican and democrat) will use all the resources of our government to save themselves and their loved ones.They will pray for our deaths.They do not care about you or your children.

[after dark]

>"I died because I'm poor."
Well, maily because you aren't too bright."


Katrina should have been a wake up call...If a nuclear strike ,a big earth quake or heaven help us, we are hit with an asteroid ,our leaders(republican and democrat) will use all the resources of our government to save themselves and their loved ones.They will pray for our deaths.They do not care about you or your children.

[Paige]

If you wish to go through life whining and feeling sorry for yourself then by all means do it but don't blame others.

[napscoordinator]

Oh cry me a river...this is one of the dumbest threads ever!

[Polybius]

[Panzerlied]

No ZOT needed here. This is quintessential statist drivel.
No need to examine WHY I'm poor, or even why the socialist programs of the DIMs failed to change that.

I'm dead because I failed to realize that I'm a creature of volitional consciousness and act on that premise!

[Xenalyte]

I beg to differ! This thread is hilarious.

[Allegra]

Under the bridge there lies a troll;
Yellow slime; oozing down;
The sky is squiggling and the air is metallic;
Butterflies float around my eyebrows;

Limp wrists and clovers died because I suck
And the gray grass congeals before my countenance;
So I'm just writing any stupid word that comes to mind
Pinwheel, snake, Ouzo, apocolypse, tattoo
I died because my poetry is so poor

[dfwgator]

"That was excruciatingly bad."