False Economy

Never mind all this Arty farty stuff,
she said,
Ask yourself why people are still
starving in Africa ..
Ask yourself why parts of the world
is still poor, yet the champagne
still flows..
I've been saving water for Africa
for sixty years or  more..
Yet the diamond mines still churn,
yet more champagne still pours..
The answer is corruption..
Greed and selfishness of the few..
And the masses slave on..
making more wealth for those
in whom we trust..
Blind faith