Pied Pauper

Let’s go

My little companions

I cannot sleep

Follow me

To the bakery

Doorway

Where we’ll be warm

Tonight

You can eat

Crumbs

Tomorrow

I will wake

To the smell

Of bread

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n.b. I may be between homes, but I have choices. As we move to winter there are far too many people of all ages living rough on the streets of our towns and cities; in the richest countries in the world. The “free” market ideologists perpetuate inequality so that there are “winners” and “losers.” The idea of the free market as a way to fairly distribute and sustain the world’s resources has never been more than a way for the rich to get richer – even Adam Smith recognised this.

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CLP 28/11/2019