POEMS: Haves and Halve Knots

I wish the world was divided merely in half, instead of haves and have nots. Even sow, I gladly caste my allot with the poor…

Haves and Halve Knots

How did we get
In two this mess
Divorced from won
An other
Torn as under
And how due wee
Get out!
As knot unraveled
I proffer to
Caste my allot
With the poor
As a pose to the haves
And halve knots
A cut above the wrest

NOTE: the last two lines refer to the cutting of the Gordian knot, a metaphor for a complex, intractable problem that seems impossible to solve. The phrase comes from the Greek legend where Alexander the Great cut an intricate knot with his sword, demonstrating an unexpected solution to a seemingly unsolvable problem.

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