Andre Bendavi ben-YEHU had many kinder words, and I wish to tell you that what I wrote, I felt...very much.

Think, if all the fireworks
this New Year,
miraculously were
in the hands
of all the hungry children
pieces of bread.

Think, if for once
this New Year,
on the bridge of Sidney
we don't see fireworks
but the pictures of not so
fortunate children instead.

Think, if all that money
this New Year,
of so many fireworks
were used enterely
to calm one day of hunger
and tomorrow's fear.

Think...when you light
each firework
this New Year,
that you aren't saying
good-bye to the old
or welcoming the new...
no, my friend,
you will be burning away
someone's bread.