Please Give
you can make a difference
in the lives of these children
dogs
endangered species
bees
ice shelf
you can make a difference
the overfishing of the sea
the destruction of the rain forest
the testing of make up on animals
only you can help
we know you want to
if only to stop
seeing these high definition
close ups of tears on cheeks
skin taut over fragile bones
acres of swamps
replaced with sugar cane fields
birds slicked with oil
babies
look it’s babies
for fuck sake
innocent little kittens
going hungry
so skinny
even the starving human babies
won’t eat them
only you can help
these photographers need work
these administrators need
your funds to administrate
we don’t want you to rescue anyone
we have skilled professionals
who studied in universities
to learn how to teach these unfortunates
what they need to change
to become suitable candidates for rescue
that education doesn’t come for free
you won’t have to touch anything
other than key pad in a donation
only you can help
only you
At our house we get an endless supply of free note-pads, greeting cards, stickers, pens from various charities looking for our support. Much like the publishing industry the people who make the real money are the printers not the writers. So I am more than a little jaded, or is it cynical, by appeals for support.
The cost of creating these ad campaigns comes from our donations. I’ve seen a breakdown of where our donations to charities go & the smallest fraction goes to the actual starving children the rest, as the piece states, goes to administrative costs. Along as there is money to be made from poverty poverty will be with us. The costs of administering things like welfare is greater than the amount of money given via welfare. They spend more money making sure people deserve to get welfare than is given in welfare.
I’d rather give a street person a $10 Tim’s card than donate $10 to some charity for street people. At least I know her/she is getting my money. At least I’ve reached out & not sent a check to avoid seeing a street person. That is a bit part of charity – people donating to get the ‘suffering’ out of sight so they don’t have to look at it not because they really care about the ‘suffering.’
Speaking of charity you can always send me a bit of your hard-earned money via PayPal 🙂 It goes to a worthy cause. All you get in return is my gratitude no note pads, stickers or even exclusive content. Just look at my photographs: pathetic pleas for rescue aren’t they. If I could afford a better camera, faster uploads, I could included even more maudlin images if my ramblings aren’t pathos enough to loosen your purse strings 🙂 Give now – only you can make a difference.
Hey! Now you can give me $$$ to defray blog fees & buy coffee in Washington at 2018’s capfireslam.org – sweet,eh? paypal.me/TOpoet
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