Laundry List

A voice screams out so loudly,
tatters and bedraggled,
in one hand,
is a laundry list,
of demands,
including not having,
 a morsel of bread,
an opulently robed,
note-taker,
extends an arm,
the index finger,
with ruby and gold rings,
to silence,
the tatters and bedraggled voice,
then comments:
"try cakes when you run out of bread."

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