Poetry About Class Difference

One window looks over a private garden. Another faces the delivery entrance below. The same rain falls on unequal shelter. One child inherits time; another inherits shifts. Difference hardens when called natural. A street can be shared without being equal.

Look past the first familiar name. Another faces the delivery entrance below. The smallest detail changes the scale. One child inherits time; another inherits shifts. What seemed simple gathers another meaning. A street can be shared without being equal.

One window looks over a private garden. Time moves, but the image does not leave. The same rain falls on unequal shelter. It returns us to wealth, poverty, labor, opportunity, inherited advantage, and the unequal distances hidden inside one city. Difference hardens when called natural. The day continues with a more attentive heart.