The poor
The homeless
The mother
The father
The son
The daughter
One by one
Died of hunger
The aunt
The uncle
The niece
The cousin
Followed them later
Oh! Poverty
Killing all the makers of history
Will you and I live to see
Poverty being history?
June 5,2005
Konjit Berhane
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poverty/