Homeless by Rashad Dobbins for The Daring Magazine

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

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Words by Rashad Dobbins
Music by John Moon

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Monolith 202 Sci-Fi Series | By Rashad Dobbins | The Daring
A mind-scrambling sci-fi poetry series from writer Rashad Dobbins imagining a pre-dystopian future in Washington D.C.
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