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Category Archives: poverty

More Sir!

Dickens words eighteen century hungry, America’s todays children taught, Tie shoes and beg, When my kid sister and I were young, At our Iowan rural home, Christmas’s were blessings, Mom put heart and soul into all family gatherings, One year I wanted GI Joe, I got Midge, Ellen wanted Barbie she got Skipper, We botherContinue reading “More Sir!”

Since two o nine

Started getting my disability check third if the month, Like clock work, Small and meaningless, Allowed me to assist in buying food for mom and dad and me, For years the US government imagined six hundred and seventy-one was a living wage, Poverty /one person in Iowa is figured at twenty eight thousand, Disabiled havingContinue reading “Since two o nine”

Least intelligent crook,

Send an Iowan money to cash, Real money, An Iowan smarter then most, Of good parent, Intellect not lacking, Unlike government of the sixties ours thought Poverty does not breed stupidity, Poverty breeds intellect, Stupid creep sent money to launder, Out Iowan lesbian had bills to pay, Crook wasn’t wasting any time, He was concernContinue reading “Least intelligent crook,”

R U a sauna lover?

Buy and old trailer, Restore it, Muscles will develop, Then when summer comes, And it will, As sure as the sun sits summer comes, Thank you people who do not believe in Global Warming you need to visit Iowa, Long suffering people, Twenty twenty-One January typical, The same old, same old vanished come the eyesContinue reading “R U a sauna lover?”

No one knows

Yesterday a cashier I met, A train engineer, A pilot, A registered nurse, Cashiering in aisle 1, Number 1 is how weird it is to say, Number one the only front cashier, Walmart,Independence,Iowa, Not to long ago, A busy day, Ten -twenty registers would be humming, Is this progress, One cashier, The rest of theContinue reading “No one knows”

Geese, Goose Goose,Goose

While out briefly I heard a Honk! Trying to spin and not fall eyes drifted up Speeding full throddle one goose flew Nip and tuck Tuck anf nip Upon hee tail Bald headed eagles UFO’s seen have I Never in sixty two years bird chase Honk,Honk spoke the goose Over head in Winneshiek County EagleContinue reading “Geese, Goose Goose,Goose”

2 food banks

Decorah and Lansing Iowa Only allowed per person once a week visit Decorah 2 apples , Lansing a bag of apples. Winneshiek and Allamakee County So many unemployed Decorah opened five days a week Out of little minds Assinine words to a ninety year old friend Some come every week Betty ninety from Allamakee,Waukon comesContinue reading “2 food banks”