“I’ll be everywhere…. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there.” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
each new day kills plans
to earn his way,
in all this land there is no place to go
his daughter wears
a tearful, crooked smile
her hunger a spear run through his soul
his promises come flat
and meaningless
his shame floods every corner of each breath
until he hops a freight
and goes away
to try and send a dime to take his place
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