Ron+Press,+I+just+do+not+understand

__I just do not understand. Perhaps I am stupid.__
Is it one world.?

A child has died from diarrhea.

To drive a car without alloy wheels is well below our station.. It will cost a thousand pounds. But we can afford it.

A child has died of malaria.

No the surgery will not show and your nose will be in fashion It will cost a thousand pounds. But we can afford it.

A child has died of cholera.

Your obesity needs treatment and medical intervention It will cost a thousand pounds. But we can afford it.

A child has died of hunger

I need a new dress and a new hat that will demand attention It will cost a thousand pounds. But we can afford it.

A child has died of fever

There is an international poverty relief convention. It will cost a thousand pence. But we can’t afford it.

Somebody else’s child has died...


 * Ron Press**

June 8th, 2005