<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=446457" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>With Only The Ability To Waste</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was a time, <br>And this was not too long ago...<br>When those of skills and talents, <br>Only had a wish to share them.<br>To assist others in the fulfillment, <br>Of seeing 'their' dreams and wishes...<br>Come true.<br>With a volunteering of their efforts denied.<br>And...<br>Without a dime of payment mentioned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But those making decisions, <br>Believed the ones who would want to do this...<br>Only sought the getting of attention.<br>And refusing them they did, <br>To ensure they were dismissed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today? <br>How things have changed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today there are those who are hired, <br>To solicit volunteers.<br>With the paying of expensive media advertisements, <br>To attract those with talents and skills to give.<br>And this is done with blatant attention given, <br>To the ones getting paid.<br>With only the ability to waste funding, <br>To achieve nothing getting done.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But say they do there is no one willing to work for free.<br>And these are the same people...<br>Publicly declaring there is no communal unity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'We need you! '<br>~For what? ~<br>'To volunteer your skills, <br>As a community service.'<br>~And how will my doing this, <br>Be of benefit to you? ~<br>'A job that keeps me paid and something to do.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=446457" data-title="With Only The Ability To Waste de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="There was a time, And this was not too long ago... When those of skills and talents, Only had a wish to share them. To assist others in the fulfillment, Of seeing 'their' dreams and wishes... Come true. With a volunteering of their efforts deni..."></div> </div> </div>

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