HERE
WHEN SOMETHING IS BAD FOR CHILDREN
WE SHIELD THEM
LEST THEIR YOUNG MINDS BE HURT
BUT IF A HUNGRY CHILD
IS SHOWN ON TV
WE LET IT RUN
SHOULD WE NOT CARE FOR THAT CHILD TOO
WHEN I WAS A CHILD
WE WERE SENT TO BED WITHOUT SUPPER
FOR ANY FORM OF DISOBEDIENCE
WHAT FORM OF DISOBEDIENCE
DID THIS HUNGRY CHILD DO
TO BE BORN POOR
TO BECOME POOR
TO BE RACIALLY DIFFERENT
TO SING PRAISES
TO A FOREIGN GOD
TO BE UNECONOMICALLY FRUITFUL
TO BE PAWNS IN A POWER GAME
WHATEVER THE REASON
WHAT CHILD
SHOULD BE DENIED
A WARM BED
A FULL BELLY
A LIFETIME OF PROMISE
AND OPPORTUNITY
IT IS WELL TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
BUT ALL ARE OUR CHILDREN
WE WOULD DO WELL TO REMEMBER THAT
AS CHRIST SAID
IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM
TO BE THROWN INTO THE SEA
WITH A MILLSTONE
TIED AROUND THEIR NECK
THAN TO CAUSE ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES
TO STUMBLE
FRANK A VOLLMER
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