‘A third of kids live in poverty’“

“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 them aching with want.
Their feet blister in cheap shoes.
It’s all in the facts and figures.

Tom Kelly
Appeared in Emergency Verse Anthology
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