Kid in Need

Tomorrow I am going to be performing at the Poetry Slam at the Book Café. Since there will be a mixed audience, I will be performing the poem "Kid in Need." It describes the plight of street children.

I have chosen the poem to be the heart of today's article. However, as you read the poem, I want to urge you not only to focus on the plight of the children but to begin to think about ways of addressing the situation. If you come up with any interesting ideas, please feel free to share them with us either by adding a comment on my blog or writing me directly and I can add it as an article on my blog.

Here's the poem:

The kid
In need
Knows neither ma
Nor pa
Has neither sister
Nor brother

He's only five
Having a hard life
All alone
On his own
Living hand to mouth
Wondering from north to south

Ever weeping
Never sleeping
Ever angry
Ever hungry

A stranger
Always in danger
All gain
Is pain
Not salvation
But endless tribulation

Ever weeping
Never sleeping
Ever angry
Ever hungry

He's the king
Of the bin
Feeding on dirt
His lot here on earth
The kid
In need

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