Who can say "This young mother is needy"?
For if her love is thick enough,
What does it matter that her milk is thin?
Who can say "Here is a poor man"?
For a beggar wears shoes
That will never wear out.
Who can say even so much as
"I am proud", or
"I am humble"?
There are some words which can never be said,
More still which should never have been said,
But even more which need to be said
For the world is full of the starving rich
Who feed themselves on bread alone.