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A Chasm too Great

I walk a sandy road in my bare feet

with the occasional stranger I do meet

Yet you are far away, but in the same day

do you think we will ever meet one day?

 

You wander around a department store

going about from floor to floor

Shelves piled high with pricey attire

from this quest you never seem to tire

 

My wardrobe has shorts and T shirt

most of which are covered in dirt

I care not how I look or appear

because there is no mirror here

 

You sit by a pool and chill out

as we go in search of a water spout

You enjoy luxury and wealth

but we do gain only by stealth

◄ Deceit

They only went to pray....... ►

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keith jeffries

Sun 19th Mar 2017 16:30

Juan,
Thank you for this. I loathe the terms 1st and 3rd worlds. Perhaps one day we can all live in the same world. I believe in the dignity of the human being. Today on TV I saw a man in his fifties who had just been deported from the USA back to Mexico. He was alone in a crowd of people in a similar situation. He was in tears. He had left his son behind in the US. What mean spirited people do this? Thanks again. Keith

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Juan Pablo Lynch

Sun 19th Mar 2017 16:22

This is so open to interpretation that if there was a rating system here at WOL, I would rte it 5/5 stars...I love the back and forward imagery of the high first world life and the
low third world life...

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