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The Children |
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fractal007 Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958 |
The children on the farm have nothing to eat. Their parents plea to the international community to feed them, But their plea goes unanswered. When they ask why they have no food nobody can answer them. They just quietly tell them to get back to work. And so, they sow, and starve, and shrivel up, and die. But on Wallstreet and on the Stockmarket, Everyone cheers because they've just reaped yet another Bunch of "dough". We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! --T.S. Eliot |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Fractal007 Wow, Deep and powerful piece here. Be well Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
I sincerely hope no children are starving because of the greed on Wallstreet... I do know that companies are downsizing to increase profitability which will in turn increase the value of the companies stock. When you downsize families lose their jobs and suffer financially...this is all driven by greed with a complete disregard for the plight of individual families... Thanks for caring about the starving children...Wallstreet doesn't...James |
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darkstar Member
since 2000-08-09
Posts 230Port Richey, Fl, USA |
Wow... really great poem...makes you think... Dark Star |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
It's a screwed up old world we live in isn't it?  For example, we should use the olympics money to help the needy, not spend millions on a sporting event!! Don't get me wrong I love watching the olympics too, but there are bigger and more important fish to fry. Well written, good reminder that gets you thinking..  *Friendship is a horizon - which expands whenever we approach it...* ~Isis~Goddess~~Sovereign of the Spirit~ |
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Jannel Member
since 2000-01-18
Posts 492Muncie, IN, USA |
so it goes in this crazy world we love and love to hate. |
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fractal007 Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958 |
Thanks for the compliments, everyone. This has been something that's been bothering me quite a bit lately. I get quite pissed off when I see some guy on television talking about why it is and isn't good to be investing in certain companies. The reason being that they only talk about how there's weather affecting the growing seasons there or whatever, not because of how these third world factories are probably treating their workers. I think we need to get off our greedy little asses and do something about all this before the world crumbles, and I do believe that it's already started to crumble! |
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