the proud thin dying I see old people on pensions in the supermarkets and they are thin and they are proud and they are dying they are starving on their feet and saying nothing. long ago, among other lies, they were taught that silence was bravery. now, having worked a lifetime, inflation has trapped them. they look around steal a grape chew on it. finally they make a tiny purchase, a day’s worth. another lie they were taught: thou shalt not steal. they’d rather starve than steal (one grape won’t save them) and in tiny rooms while reading the market ads they’ll starve
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