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Dirty Spoon
I've never seen a spoon so tarnished
As the one born in your mouth
You never lived a day like a human
But think you got it all worked out
You never had to find a home
Or a car to drive to work
You never even grocery-shopped
Or watched the neighbor's kid growing up
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You've never wondered if you'll find
A way to pay the bills
Or got a utility turned back on
After doing without it for a week
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You never had to work overtime
Or more hours at a second job
Just in hopes of having the rent
Before the ten-day charge
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You never had to sleep in a sweater
To make the oil last another month
Or figure out how to Do for Christmas
What a couple of kids'll call enough
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You're basically not a human being
You're a third-rate piece of trash
You presume to think you know what's best
For people you'll never match
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6/23/25
© Huw Powell
printed 1 July 2025file location: www.humanthoughts.org/dirty_spoon.htm
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