After begging for their notice <br /> <br />asking please, I need some help <br /> <br />they granted me a meeting <br /> <br />and said I was persistent <br /> <br />but not eligible for anything <br /> <br />least of all <br /> <br />their notice <br /> <br />they even took the bowl <br /> <br />whittled from my tears <br /> <br />and crushed it underfoot.<br /><br />Jac Harper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/begging-bowl-2/