Being poor is…

Published by on September 4, 2005 | 2 Responses

Being poor is finding the letter your mom wrote to your dad, begging him for the child support.

Being poor is a bathtub you have to empty into the toilet.

Being poor is stopping the car to take a lamp from a stranger’s trash.

Being poor is making lunch for your kid when a cockroach skitters over the bread, and you looking over to see if your kid saw.

Being poor is believing a GED actually makes a goddamned difference.

Being poor is people angry at you just for walking around in the mall.

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  1. Sumeet Singh
    Sumeet Singh September 5, 2005 at 17:34 |

    Hi

    I have never come across a post that could touch my heart so much, as this post of yours did.
    In less than 10 lines you defined what being poor means, and it makes me realise the luxury I live in.
    Though I have never been in such a condition, I still can visualise what poverty means to people.

    Cheers

    Sumeet

  2. ericr
    ericr September 5, 2005 at 18:10 |

    I just wish I could actually claim credit for these lines. There’s a hell of a lot more at http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003704.html that are just as good.

    Eric

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