CLASSIFIED
The lanky black lady
bent sideways
plastic bag full
of newspaper clippings
and a fortune of coupons
In her hands a smudged piece
of news about jobs
housekeeping classified ads
and I too am looking for a gig
in my supposedly elevated field
Newsprint smudges my hands too
I with my own neatly folded ads
nowfind myself sharing a quest
through scraps of paper
with a woman from the lower rungs
We two have folded up our hopes
in little squares
bent sideways
plastic bag full
of newspaper clippings
and a fortune of coupons
In her hands a smudged piece
of news about jobs
housekeeping classified ads
and I too am looking for a gig
in my supposedly elevated field
Newsprint smudges my hands too
I with my own neatly folded ads
nowfind myself sharing a quest
through scraps of paper
with a woman from the lower rungs
We two have folded up our hopes
in little squares
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