There’s no magic bullet
to lose poverty. We nod our heads.
Facts and figures never tell the story.

His shoes have holes, her dress fashionable
years ago. They look what they are: dead poor.

See their want,
feet blister in cheap shoes.
It’s all in the facts and figures.

Tom Kelly

Appears in Robin Hood Anthology

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