The Sin of Underprivilege
And another one dies
Of AIDS, of TB, of cancer
What does it matter?
We don't care
Why should we?
It doesn't affect us
Secure in our towers of privilege
Looking down on those below.
How easily we condemn their poverty
From our exalted positions
Do we really need them?
We ask themselves
They are just an eyesore
On our cultured landscape
They don't contribute anything
Useful
To our lives
We are better off without them!
And outside
Another one dies.
16/07/1990
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