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More or less poverty
“Poverty; there wouldn’t be any if there was more ‘money,’”
said the good economist.
“Not true” said the wise man, “there would actually be more.
Yet I say to you something similar.
"‘Poverty,’ there wouldn’t be any if there was more ‘love.’”"
© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au dominicj7@poetry.net.au Feb 27 2002