The Kind

You know the kind;
each time she calls
someone to her

has been unkind.
Victimized
by her own kind,

terrorized
by daily crimes,
she’s called to find

some sweetness in
a bitter time,
and one small favor

if you don’t mind.


(first published in Measure)

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