Poverty

Poverty,
like promiscuity,
can
pervert more than eyes can see.
Some—thing,
deeper than any—thing,
when undernourished,
Stops
simply growing
{simply saying it poorly}!
Some—how
seeds
of curiosity & creativity,
reason & rationality,
inventiveness & individuality,
remain
ungerminated
beneath layers of
superstition,
repetition,
& conformity.
What can
penetrate such perverting poverty
Save
the Light
of the World?

Paul Heller