The politics of poverty
Not all saints are friends
not all friends are saints
and words are easier
than any actions
but there is a sense
of what it is to be human
and to love and care
for another and for others
and this prohibits
all violations of the body
in every sense
of the word
Life pared back
to its essentials
stripped of excess
and lived from
the very core of being
Vanity is a citadel
that must be torn down
duty brought to task
the politics of poverty
offends us all
who would care to be
ruler of this realm
of destitution :
my kingdom for a horse
diamonds and sapphires
in the mud
John Lyons