a simple thank-you would suffice

were all gonna need help some-day

so put away that deadpanned look

of a fish yanked from the sea

its flanks and fins all-dried in the sunlight

I aint extending my hand expecting a thing

if your working works

thinking charity a devise of some reward

my help is help and nothing more

it aint docking an I-O-U

you aint incurring a debt owed or a debt overdue

Im extending my hand empty

not to rifle your pockets for cash or coin

its a hand out

a boost up

an unaccounted concern

its because I happen to be here

I am nothing more than here

so if you need a heft to-day  Im here

a simple thank-you would suffice

but  again  if your working works around some other way

you can struggle unheeded

unhelped

and Ill walk away

1849,  Friday,  29  7. 11