“He Will Be Pressed”

“He Will Be Pressed”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

He will be pressed 

at odds with himself 

deadlocked on policy 

stating, “Poverty 

is measured annually;

but people eat daily”

as citizens are listed 

as “near poor”

like low-wage workers 

suffering from “yo-yoing” 

income caught above 

and below the poverty line 

in between need and fear 

to a large degree so called,

“twin-killings”, for short ...