Sometimes we salivate
over a delicate sugary treat from forbidden fruits

We walk past brand name boots
leaving our pockets barren

and hypnotized into debt
for the newest gadget way out of reach

Once our gluttonous desires are fulfill
we discard the things that don’t fill us with miniature joys

our disregard for their values
transform us into spiritless beings

But in the place where seagulls and vultures
stalk their next meal

the impoverished find treasures
in the little things we so easily forsake

© Donna J. Sanders

Excerpt from the book “Cardboard Signs”

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