Reconsider what you are doing - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

There is time yet
we can choose another
another path through the shadows
without hurting our neighbors

We should be better
in a state with such blessing
strength in community
and the riches of nature

So much better
we should strive to be
to find another way
than hurting you and me

Short-sighted savings
hurting our neighbors
those who depend on
us to be free

The innocents crying
praying you would listen
that you would find away
to save them from the cuts

We should all be willing
to make our own sacrifice
not putting our hands on them
and making them bear the cost

March 18, 2011
Cuts approved by the NH House Finance Committee and
Constitutional Amendment proposed by Rep. Neal Kirk
to remove safety net of town welfare
&
Leviticus 4
&
calling on the NH Legislature
and the Governor
to spare those without a voice
those who need us
from the severe budget cuts
that are currently planned
in HB1 and HB2, etc.
&
in part based on the testimony
http://www.nhepiscopal.org/index.php?view=article&id=125:testimony&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=
of The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson,
Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire
March 10, 2011
&
testimony of Kathy Needleman, Esq. (testifying as a parent)
March 10, 2011
&
testimony of Katherine Stearns, Esq.
March 10, 2011

Raymond A. Foss, Esq.
Law Offices of Raymond A. Foss, PLLC
Poetry Where You Live
160 Main Street
Suncook, NH 03275-1206

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