That Feel Nothing

how many small children,
in this country and abroad,
will go to bed hungry tonite?

how many eyes
staring in the darkness...
never making a sound?

how much money wasted
on extravagance and greed...
how much more importance

placed on oil than food?
how many bombs dropped?
how many shares traded?

how many children
that no one sees?
and how many hearts

that feel nothing?

poem by Eric Cockrell
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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