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a minute poem about compassion
A chapter in the book The Minute Poem
Deaf Ears
by adewpearl
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Propped up against a padlocked door, the paltry poor -- we walk in haste past human waste. They sleep in parks and alleyways, these castaways -- we pass them by with downcast eye. Their pleas we've chosen to ignore -- how long before our own worst fears fall on deaf ears? |
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I do not often quote the Bible, but when I do, you can trust it means something to me:
"He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse." Proverbs 28:27
"He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard." Proverbs 21:13
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and 2 member cents. "He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse." Proverbs 28:27
"He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard." Proverbs 21:13
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