Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Taking People

By Frederick Foote

Taking People

Empty pockets
so they say

Endless pockets
is what they are

Never sated
pockets
expanding
with every
deposit






Article © Frederick Foote. All rights reserved.
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2 Reader Comments
Bryant Brown, Jr.
07/12/2017
01:03:59 AM
Powerful, poignant punches for the marginalized and down trodden.
Troy Johnson
07/12/2017
06:03:00 AM
Nice!
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