I have seen
the kind of
American poor that
nobody should see
I have lived
that kind too
as an adult
the despair kind
the hopeless kind
the end of
the line kind
and its taught
me that kind
of hard humility
the kind where
nobody ever laughs
and most look
away the deep
and hollow kind
the hard and
cold kind that
never warms up
I have seen
and I’ve lived
and I’ve learned