WAR on POVERTY

Let's wage a war on poverty.
That should be easy if we try.
It is a foe that we can see.
We just have to discover why.

We'll call a meeting, rent a hall
And cater to our every need.
We'll pay experts to tell us all
The poor are with us due to greed.

We'll then commission larger groups.
Ten million we'll  give  to a judge
Who in five years will give us scoops
Why poverty won't seem to budge.

Meanwhile the poor can do without
Because we have to get it right.
It won't be easy, greed to rout.
Greed won't go down without a fight.

There'll surely be some legalese
That we will have to organize.
More money for the lawyers please
To cross the T's and dot the I's.

We'll need a program to direct
Toward the problem that we find.
Though hazy goals will be suspect
It's being will bring peace of mind.

For when we seem to do some thing,
It's usually just good enough
To take away the critics sting
Pretending that they are so tough.

So too is all the giving gifts
A strategy that's meant to ease
Our sense of guilt, our conscience lifts,
And even hope our God to please.

We do all this to hide the facts 
For then we're able to avoid
The reason poverty attacks.
We try with cash to fill the void. 

It sneaks among us as we slave
In order to secure our place
In history of those who save,
As winners of the human race.

If poverty we wished to kill
We could; just end the race to wealth.
It is the only plan that will
Restore humanity to health.

Comments

[Carolyn Plitz]

It seems to me that it will take a groundswell of demands from the so-called "middleclass" to get governments to take action. We can, and do, take action personally, but it will take an organized world effort to alleviate poverty. Unfortunately, personal interest and power get in the way of most organized governmental action. It's all about the almighty vote! The important thing is to not personally throw up our hands in frustration and decide to do nothing. We must keep trying. One person saved from poverty is one person saved.

[anonomous|]

DUDE GET A LIFE

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I have a life that apparently would be better without you. Doug.E Barr