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By wordley Date: 2002 Nov 29 Comment on this Work [[2002.11.29.13.53.10096]] |
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Once upon a time a little boy dreamed that,if he were really good, Santa would take him for a ride on his sleigh and show him all the children of the world whose only wish this night is to make it through another night, to have enough food to survive another day. So forward they rode, on into the eternal night the earth to see, from the Sudan to the wastes of Niger, to the sadness of Bosnia and beyond. Santa had tears in his eyes, " if only it were as easy to bring joy to them as it is where there is plenty of food and the wealth of the nations I see each time I ride forth. Tell me , how does a Sindy doll fill an empty belly?...The boy could not answer that most Terrible question sadly.. the child of mankind still has no answer so whilst we take gluttony to the extreme, let us remember and in our rememberence, find our humanity |