"To think I should have lived to be leading such a life,
and be degraded down into such company.”
—The Duke, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
I’ll bet I was
switched at birth
my silver spoon swiped
And me… snatched from
luxury’s lap and consigned
to the smarmy soup of
Working class family values
where Character trumps
Wealth and Privilege
Leaving me bereft of any
Great Expectations…
reducing me to peddling
Headlines, rain or shine
shoveling out buried winter walks
and mowing cemetery lawns
When I should have been
roller skating
over at the pavilion!
