The Moochers

by Jon Taylor / May 19th, 2013

Old folks
don’t need money for food;
they can go to a soup kitchen
and eat for free.

Senior citizens
don’t need money for housing;
they can sleep under a bridge somewhere –
lots of people do already.

Golden agers
don’t need money for heating bills;
they can go to Florida in the winter
like everyone else.

Retired people
don’t need money for medical care;
they’re going to keep getting sick
and will die soon anyway.

Jon Taylor lives in Nashville, TN. He can be reached at taylor.jon440@gmail.com. Read other articles by Jon.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 at 11:17am and is filed under Poetry.