Reading the news

“Your Tax Dollars Help Starve Children.”

I read this in my newspaper as I bite into my egg sandwich.

Sadness mingles with guilt, egg with cheese, and what am I to do but go on?

I send money to counter the money already spent in my name, hope to undo what I’ve already done without knowing will it be enough, will it save one life, and what is one life balanced against 85,000, against 12 million? Continue reading