All is good Someone else will do it There’s no urgency Isn’t that nice Oh that’s too bad I’ll get to it later Ugh, is she asking for money? Just look away Isn’t that inconvenient Hmmm, not now It can’t be that bad Another sad story Just so far away It’s not real, not fleshy
But let me tell you just how fleshy it is… Let me tell you how he spat up his insides All blood and foam and green-yellow bile How he vomited all hope from his saggy-skinned chest
It was such an easy operation And your $20 could have saved him No joke
But instead he withered away Waiting… And then he died…
And you still have your 20 bucks You still went about your day A day of stress and worry and convenience, no doubt And I was left with tears, and a body to ship
Years ago, I lived overseas. A good friend, who lived in abject poverty and had no family around, needed a simple but urgent and life saving operation. All the money I had (which was not a lot) was not enough, so I wrote to friends and family back home and asked them to help. Of the 40 or so people I wrote to, only the 3 people closest to me responded at all, and they sent a totally of $120. It was not enough. My friend died an ugly death. I had never asked any of these people for anything before, and each and everyone of them had more than enough money to give. Many years later, it still haunts me, angers me and saddens me.