but lemme give a warm ‘what’s up’ to all the new poor folks in the
country. i’ve been here a loooooong ass time and can show you around.
first things first, congratulations on being a member of the only
truly diversified class, though we do tend to drift heavily into
oppressed classes. yay! second, and this may take awhile for you to
learn, there is no such thing as a ‘good’ poor person. sure, you
nevver drink or smoke or use drugs, you’re married to your only baby
daddy, etc etc. but some douchehound is still going to claim you’re
only poor because you own a tv or a cell phone and should have
invested that money instead. oh and don’t forget the kids. you’re
choice to breed and be poor is going to be seen as a huge affront to
the system. even wealthy white feminists will hate you for that. and
now that you’re poor the state will be much more interested in your
parenting skills. poor people are generally acknowledged to suck at
both birth control and parenting.
i wish i had more hopeful news for you, but….

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The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Willem de Kooning