Get Out of the Kitchen

By Richard L. Provencher

Tue, 18 Oct 2011

and into the faces of the poor
the impoverished,
those who feast on heaps
of beans and hamburg
and more beans

those faces,
vacant without a vision for tomorrow
no legacy to leave behind
except ragged clothes needing replacement
from the Sally Ann

and I sit here among the haves
contemplating the future of the nots,
my vacation via an expensive car
with
loads of gas

leaving behind smog,
neighbourhood’s grief and sad
faces from a mom and dad who try so hard.