Human Greed

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Human Greed

Human Greed 

Their children cry at night 
they are hungry. 
Their Papa has no job 
no one wants a dropout – 
so the head of the family prays. 

A child watches as a family
enters a grocery store, and
their Papa opens up his wallet,
not enough cash to feed his family,
so he purchases all he can afford
while watching a family suffer.

One child becomes sick, and
a druggist hands them a bill
for some generic medication –
a parent, with a tear in his
eye, leaves it there – prays once
more for illness to dissipate.

The family tries to sell their home –
pay bills, and feed a weak child
then watch – as their child suffers
in a metal crib, not their own. . .
Foreclosed – on the street,
searching for a place to sleep.

The family begs for food, a place
to lay their head’s, a place where a
sick child can cuddle in the night.
They dream about a wooden crib
and wake to find their child dead.

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