LUNCH WITH LESLIE

Interest from
a food bank
makes hunger yield.

Dispensation of
social justice it
tries hard to wield.

From starvation
it most often
does shield.

Still poverty's
cruel, careless fate
remains unsealed.

MEMORY OF A MINER

Crippled back
Lungs of black

Down in the hole
Union soul.

Battles won
Victories none.

Willing to sacrifice
For a better life