photo by Вениамин Курочкин

She didn’t

hand the beggar a sandwich because he was hungry.

She handed him

a sandwich to hear his story

to lift her from a world

of corporate excesses

It never occurred to her

that the myth of happy poor people

was first voiced by those who had enough sandwiches—

enough to share

but were too poor in spirit

(not the way Jesus talked about it)

to quit

telling themselves

Lies.

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