<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=443535" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Middle Class</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Between dire straits and meager existence, <br>There are those who insist...<br>They represent the middle class.<br>And doing the best they can to make ends meet, <br>While that gap is widening fast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Exhausted from swimming in debts and credit.<br>And unable to afford the keeping up of appearances.<br>Although they support those standards they value...<br>Those that have given up such tasks, <br>Can not convince them their beliefs have been trashed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Between dire straits and meager existence, <br>There are those who insist...<br>They represent the middle class.<br>And as they hold onto dreams quickly slipping away, <br>Deluded they remain that changes made aren't here to stay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Between dire straits and meager existence, <br>There are those who insist...<br>They represent the middle class.<br>And even though the sight of this continues to be sad, <br>Few are heard left to brag about what they own...<br>That others do not have.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today...<br>Those struggling to maintain their middle class status, <br>Have one thing in common with those who are poor...<br>Wishing they had just a few dollars more! <br>And a door they can close to ignore what's going on.<br>Those days are gone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=443535" data-title="The Middle Class de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Between dire straits and meager existence, There are those who insist... They represent the middle class. And doing the best they can to make ends meet, While that gap is widening fast. Exhausted from swimming in debts and credit. And unable to..."></div> </div> </div>

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