Not just to beg alone
But to induce the family,
To scrounge in mock distress
In public spaces,
Is to force the psychic destiny
To feel the lack less acutely
Than the enactment itself.
Not just to snivel, flail, or cavil,
But to watch the mercy act shrewdly
Like some Homeric epic
Is to cultivate a style, and
Believe in the hypocritical moment
As an obsequious oral performance
That can provide a decent living.
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