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Cruelty
by Karen Hecht Springer → (All Poetry by Karen Hecht Springer)
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Cruelty

June 6, 2013

 

Tickets to Bon Jovi so achingly close to the stage

But wait…car payment

Beautiful designer bag goes with everything just the perfect shade

But wait…electric bill

Lush green sod lawn without weeds or having to mow

But wait…damn credit cards

 

Oh, first world problems…

 

Starving children in our own country

One-third going to bed hungry at night

They wait…we’re busy fighting foreign wars

Single parents in our own country

Choosing between food and medication

They wait…we’re busy creating welfare reform

 

Oh, first world problems…

 

We who need are we who wait

For the powers that be

To be sick of the wanton ways

We who need are we who wait

For the powers that be

To lend a helping hand not a handout

We who need are we who wait

For the powers that be

To let us be part of the free and home of the brave

And whose apathy is a habit now?

 


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 Reviews of "Cruelty"
Reviewed on January 21, 2014
How much we put aside to help others!!! Excellently penned.

Love ya!

Jane


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