How the Other 1/100th Live by Farrah Tate

I can walk the perimeter in a small hour
Or instead step inside and spend so much longer
Eagerly devouring the glamour
And alike a small child in disney land
I swear I never ever want to leave this wonderful place
With its majestic castles, bordered by garden lights glowing with grace
For miles with out reprieve
Twinkling driveways marking a well-guarded path to richness
And showing that street-lights or any other simpleton mortal aids
Are not required here
Where gates open automatically to those who pass the spoken test
Simulataneously excluding the 99/100th horrid rest
From participating in the distant scenes of recently gone tea-parties
Still haunting otherwise overly tendered grounds
Barely touched by rich women weighed down
with too much jewellery and lavish gowns
Worth more than my entire world

I look down at my feet as I stroll so spellbound
and they look down at me at me with painfully contorted expressions
Is it my shoes, my clothes? Do I just smell poor?
Is it the way that I marvel and stare with fascination for far too long
When their own enthusiasm for their over-substantial lot is too long ago gone?

Yet somewhere else, half the world away in a country totally unlike ours
A small child may tear desperately around the perimeter of my neighbourhood
And mistake it for their disneyland that I've never seen or understood --
Dreaming longingly about taking refuge in my 1/100th safe and clean home
To play out their true age and to sleep in peace even for just one night but praying 'til grown
Would I before have even noticed his need, or even see him passing by
When it's just a matter of blinding relative circumstance?
My needs, my selfish tears shed wastefully over the many years
Now pale in comparison.

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How the Other 1/100th Live
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copyright 07-03-2001

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How the Other 1/100th Live
by Farrah Tate (Age: 30)
copyright 07-03-2001

Age Rating: 18 to 127