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ecrivan
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my own state

0 posted 2004-08-29 11:29 AM


The donor gets a pic of the child
a letter decribes the families condition
western cash flows to rebuild and redirect
yet more is spent on new beaurocracies
more on establishments that channel aide
as disaster victims receive less than little
the floods churn along the coast
to sweep away the unsuspecting


Unless you're skilled enough
equipped to make a hole through the roof mud
pull yourself to life's air
more is spent on beaurocracies
looking good on televisied charitable modes..


But the coastal winds whip up disaster
after Mitch other sister/brother storms
some relief gets to a town, a stricken child
raises them from the roofs of flooded shanties
yet thousands more are swept into the sea
year after year
'you can make a difference' ads chant
a difference, if I really knew there was
what aide gets to the child
what's spent on the beaurocracy...
all the offices on the way to relief...



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passing shadows
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1 posted 2004-08-29 12:56 PM


'you can make a difference' ads chant
a difference, if I really knew there was


sigh

ecrivan
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my own state
2 posted 2004-08-30 08:58 PM


thanks Passing for pondering my ideas...


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