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

Posted on 06/26/2006 5:44:09 AM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
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To: phoenixrising47
Where's that promising Bush?

Bush's fault.
81 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:19 AM PDT by Beckwith (The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: phoenixrising47
We did better in the Tsunami

You are more than welcome to leave; flights leave daily.

82 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:23 AM PDT by akorahil (Thank You and God bless all Veterans. Truly, the real heroes.)
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To: Xenalyte

The Mods are slow this morning. :-)


83 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:23 AM PDT by Beaker
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To: starbase

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


84 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:34 AM PDT by nonliberal (Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
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To: phoenixrising47

What a waste of bandwidth


85 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:38 AM PDT by Dustbunny (Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me)
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To: phoenixrising47

86 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:44 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: Beaker

Holy cow, you are right!


87 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:45 AM PDT by akorahil (Thank You and God bless all Veterans. Truly, the real heroes.)
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To: phoenixrising47

Poor and Stupid! Good to see you can afford a computer.


88 posted on 06/26/2006 5:53:59 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: phoenixrising47
Great parody.

I hope.

89 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:07 AM PDT by JCEccles
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To: phoenixrising47
If you're poor, how can you afford a computer and internet access? America is the first country in history where poor people don't have to live in hovels. Life has gotten better and keeps getting better for every one since this country was founded. Stop whining. In medieval Europe, your life, unless you were born into the nobility, would have been brutal, short and miserable. So either love this country or leave it!

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

90 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:11 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: phoenixrising47

Brilliant satire!!!


91 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:14 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: phoenixrising47

How'd you write it if you died??

Pray for W and Our Troops


93 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:19 AM PDT by bray (Hey Zaqueeri, say hello to Hitler, Stalin and Mohamhead)
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To: phoenixrising47
I sit here on my butt. The roaches swarm over last night's KFC. Where dat mailman wif my welfare check?

The roof in the trailer leaks, so I had to move the plasma TV what I stole during the hurricane. Where dat mailman, anyways?

Got no food. All the good stuff's gone from the Wal-Mart. And now the cable TV's gone out. What's a man to do?

Damn that George Bush! He ain't done nuthin' to help us po' folk!

94 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:24 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: phoenixrising47

Get a job.


95 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:25 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: phoenixrising47

I have no money but I'm not poor..


96 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:28 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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To: phoenixrising47
I hear the helicopter,

There will be an uptick in young people signing up for the various branches of the military.

It was apparent from the TV coverage of the rescues, that

the children adored the men and women who rescued them.

BTW, has Nagin made sure that the City Council requires each home to have an inflatable life boat.

Imagine how many lives would have been saved if the city council had taken that simple precaution.

97 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:54 AM PDT by syriacus (Superfunds aren't needed, since ONE WORD from a Dem neutralizes lethal chemicals -- "rust.")
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To: phoenixrising47
phoenixrising47
Since Jun 26, 2006
view home page, enter name:
I concerned member of the Human Race.

And your poetry still sucks. Read some Sharon Olds and some RS Merwin before you even DARE attempt the art again, you pathetic troll.

98 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:58 AM PDT by RepoGirl ("Bobby, if you weren't my son... I'd hug you...")
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To: phoenixrising47
We died 'cause we're poor

So if yer dead, shouldn't you shut up?

99 posted on 06/26/2006 5:55:03 AM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: phoenixrising47
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

100 posted on 06/26/2006 5:55:07 AM PDT by Beaker
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