One of my favorite poems to come around in a very long time. Did I mention that I hate poetry?
Here's a little peak:
"and I say to the children, Smile with me, as I tilt their little faces past
the tomatoes and toward the camera. They are good children
and do as they are told, and we gloss over the secret most people
don't know because, damn, do we wear our poverty well"
Finish reading the rest of Anjie Greene-Martin's poem , "Shining Through the Poverty," at MamaZine