Another baby’s face on a TV screen
Undernourishment is
The commentators theme
The background to all this
Is one of war
Your burden is innocence
And being poor
We saw you crying on the weighing scales
Your mother was bewildered
As the Aid system fails

Your bony frame is only two years old
Wide-open eyes
Of fears untold
You haven’t a clue
About what’s going on
But we can all see
That something’s wrong
You are another image from another land
Your silent message screams
For a helping hand

You are not responsible for the things being done
There are others over there
That brandish the gun
I don’t mean to sound
So ****** rude
But how can they buy bullets
And not your food?
They may as well have put the gun to your head
For two hours after filming
We are told you are dead

Tony 10/11/01 ynoT