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Speaking in a voice I imagined quite some time ago.

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Beggar Kid

Like a beggar kid
With the power to evoke sympathy in
hardened hearts
And closed system minds
Your lovers texts
Total transaction time
A pickpocket move
Bumping up against you
Then onwards unaware but still perturbed
Through the marketplace
With no watch nor wallet
My phone
Made by a beggar kid
In a green crystal factory
Sold to me by a woman
With pretty dreadlocks and a hashtag metoo t shirt on
I saw her again once on the train but she
didn't remember my name
Hers was Ayesha
And I wondered if she saw any of my poems or photographs
The secret world I populate with working theories
Calculated waiting for service elevator
Perhaps the undue influence of
Any or all of the above
Floors designated hotel or construction
There's no 3s or 4s in modern casinos
Mall security dragged her kids away
She ran into Best Buy with the truck in idle
They rode it down the hill into a brand new Volvo
You're a cute kid and your mom's a stripper
Your dad's dad's ghost raises you up with stage effects
Like a beggar kid
With a runny nose
My cup runneth over
Spare some change for my habit you bitch whore nun
Which is to say incoherent deleted
I feel sorry for you
And people feel sorry for me so
Don't feel so sorry for yourself
It'll get better
Don't worry kid
It'll get better

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from Panting (Solo Demos 2018), released November 8, 2018
My perfect imaginary band and me in mirrored sunglasses

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Matthew H. Welch Baltimore, Maryland

Songmaker, Singer, Guitar Player, Producer for SIGINT. Formerly of the Aviary and Pedge. Poetic Rock and Roll From A Future.

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