The unemployed

Graphic by Bruna Costa

Apprehension

Forlorn stares

Is there anyone who cares?

Wait in line

Three-to-four hours time

People gazing with frightened looks

Take a magazine

Why not read a book?

Chain smokers 

Polluting the air

Something here

Does not feel quite fair

They need a job

Standing in line 

With this mob, the unemployed

The poor asking for more

The professional, a foot in the door

When does it all end?

Only when the jobless line

Starts to thin


Issues |Income Inequality|Poverty|Social Services|Unemployment

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