Destitute,
Ragged.
Yet I refuse to beg.
Others spamming requests for aid,
For any myriad reasons.
Demanding my acquiescence,
Or amplification.
Cash apps,
To venmo.
Hands out.
Open.
I refuse.
Not of pride,
Nor ego.
But perhaps self destruction.
Fighting to survive,
In my own ways.
As I always have.