It Can Happen In A Second Poem by Donal Mahoney

It Can Happen In A Second



Solid middle class he is
always has been
always will be

until tomorrow
on the highway
in the rain this bus

topples over
on his Dodge Durango.
He will never walk

or work again.
In six months or a year
his savings will be gone.

He will be for life
a ward of the state
and people will

forever feed
and bathe him for
the minimum wage

a sum he always said
folks like these
were worth.

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: accident,poverty,social comment,tragedy,work
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