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Russ
By maipenrai
17 October 2007
caring, sharing uk society, where it seems we cannot look after the sick and dying, dying seems to have become a imposition on the state coffers

Russ is forty four
and he is dying
slowly,
the Big C , it's got Russ
eating him away
inside.

he works does Russ
twelve hour shifts,
twelve hours of pain,
I ask him , why?, why?
we need the cash he says
we need the cash.

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Written by Phil (6730 comments posted) 17th October 2007
Like the last, to the point. On the one hand, the simplicity isn't poetically showy, but it makes its point with clarity and stark power. 
 
Phil.

Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 18th October 2007
Thanks Phil, I like simple! 
Bernie

Written by audrie (451 comments posted) 19th October 2007
This shows the anger and despair that we feel for people who are left by the wayside by the State. 
 
All the millions spent on bringing even more people into an already overcrowded country, when the money would be better spent on the indigenous people who are in desperate need, like Russ.

Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 21st October 2007
Thanks Audrie. 
Bernie

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