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Homeless by Rashad Dobbins

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Homeless
rashad dobbins for the daring magazine
Sep 9, 2021
Location: Washington, D.C.
“hey u got any change?”
I heard from the vagrant
I had no coins
but I gave him a 2 dollar bill
“I haven’t seen one of these in a while,” he said

I asked, “One day this paper will be gone //
What will you do then?”

He reached in his sock and pulled out a card reader
and laughed “I’m prepared for the future // I take bitcoin and everything!”

Welcome to Monolith 202
it’s real out here

We are Messiah in Glytch

______________________

Words by Rashad Dobbins
Music by John Moon


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A mind-scrambling sci-fi poetry series from writer Rashad Dobbins imagining a pre-dystopian future in Washington D.C.
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