THIRD WORLD AND MANILAMANIC POEMS
SQUATTER KIDS
Squatter kids
huddle in alleyways
playing games with rubber bands
coins or stones
Petty fortunes to be made
and spent with friends
Why not?
Gambling is a life skill
best learnt young
RECENT ACCUMULATIONS AND APPROPRIATED VOICES, Kalayaan Publications, 1997
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