Just A Small Donation

Just A Small Donation


So you’d like a small donation
for a hungry population
to alleviate starvation
in the gutters of the world.
…..And this is why you bothered me
before I’ve had my tea?

Well, I really haven’t time,
and you really must desist.
It sounds like such a lovely cause
  -but I simply must resist.
…..As I mentioned earlier
I’ve yet to drink my tea.

You say the starving children
eat the garbage off the street.
And disease is running rampant
for they’ve not enough to eat.
…..And this is what you talk about
before I’ve had my tea?

Well I’ll tell you a thing or two
and mark my words I mean it, too.
I’m up to here with what you’ll do!
-Anyway, I gave at the office.
…..I’m really not myself, you know
before I’ve had my tea.

February 3, 2010: Featured in the Poetry Newsletter http://www.writing.com/main/newsletters/action/archives/id/3536
Thanks RedWritingHood.