Walls
What if I hate you for selling insurance —
what then? What if your odor offends
me? What if I find your motives impure,
your parentage suspect, or you attended
the wrong school, the wrong church? What if you’re blind,
or lame, or stupid? What if you hate men?
What if I see you hungry, waiting, lined
up for what you want, whatever has lured you?
What if I just plain don’t like your kind?
© Michael Fleming
Brattleboro, Vermont
October 2019
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