A gray film covers <br />The eyes of the <br />Impoverished. <br />Hopeless <br />Lids grow <br />Heavy watching <br />Fly-covered <br />Swollen bellies. <br />Each shallow breath <br />Is stingily sponsored <br />By the air of gloom.<br /><br />Alice Parris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/shallow-breath/
