The Panhandler

[PrinceMyshkin]

He pays for your pitiful coins
by wearing his most woebegone face
in which you can read reflections
of your own invincible good health,
your several children, each of whom
graduated with honours, the Lexus,
Mercedes or Mini you drive, your
centrally heated house with its
ceiling and four walls, your membership
in the Republicrat Party and your wide,
admiring circle of the choicest of friends.





Jerry Newman © 27Jan08

[CdnReader]

Wonderful, Jer. Love it.

[Sweets America]

I like it quite a lot, Schwee.:) It is true that when we meet such people, we realize even more everything we have in our own lives, and the guilt we feel when we remember the last time we complained about something idle.
I love the first line, it is very interesting and thought-provoking.

[ampoule]

I like your poem, Prince. I felt many things while reading it, a little compassion, a lot of guilt, ruffled feathers and surely fear. I think everyone is a panhandler in one way or another and in reality, how close we are.
I'm not sure if your poem is about compassion or disgust, just observation or self-loathing. That's what makes your poems so good, I think, because we can read so many things into them.

[PrinceMyshkin]

I like your poem, Prince. I felt many things while reading it, a little compassion, a lot of guilt, ruffled feathers and surely fear. I think everyone is a panhandler in one way or another and in reality, how close we are.
I'm not sure if your poem is about compassion or disgust, just observation or self-loathing. That's what makes your poems so good, I think, because we can read so many things into them.

If ever you find yourself able to read the winning number on the next 6/49, kindly share it with me.

[PrinceMyshkin]

I like it quite a lot, Schwee.:) It is true that when we meet such people, we realize even more everything we have in our own lives, and the guilt we feel when we remember the last time we complained about something idle.
I love the first line, it is very interesting and thought-provoking.

Thank you, Tee, you are the best - well, at least the ninth best, after Rafael, Adam &c.

[Pendragon]

Blessed are they that can read other's needs and pain enough to write about it clearly as yourself, but pain is not always as obvious as a beggar's eyes, yet as real and affecting 1000's of people given stigmas by their fellow men... :( :( :(

[Sweets America]

Blessed are they that can read other's needs and pain enough to write about it clearly as yourself, but pain is not always as obvious as a beggar's eyes, yet as real and affecting 1000's of people given stigmas by their fellow men... :( :( :(

I agree.