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The Power of The Dollar to Buy Peace and Happiness - an open source poem

The Power of The Dollar to Buy Peace and Happiness

A man who lives in the streets, sits hungry on Market Street.
A dozen people walk by per minute. Some drop him a Dollar.
A woman gives him a conference boxed lunch. He refuses.
He has no use for food. He needs Dollars. To consume.
Because Drugs are the currency for Hope for the Helpless.
All those Dollars from those who walk by...
  Will help him Buy Peace and Happiness, in his own world.

Billionaires donate to funds.
They are too big to give individually.
The funds go to institutions that hire many, many people.
They get to do things By The Power of The Dollar.
To Supply Peace and Happiness.

But, there is never enough.

A housing complex for the homeless will cost $1B to build,
  And it can only support a dozen—
    Who may one day become functional citizens.
      To contribute back to the Power of The Dollar.
        To Buy Peace and Happiness, Everlasting.

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