If you’re fighting poverty, it’s political reform. If you donate a small sum to someone in the street then it’s charity, but that’s not to be despised. There’s a good short poem by Bertolt Brecht, A Bed for the NIght
[poem] A Bed for the Night by Bertolt Brecht
I hear that in New York
At the corner of 26th Street and Broadway
A man stands every evening during the winter months
And gets beds for the homeless there
By appealing to passers-by
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It won't change the world
It won't improve relations among men
It will not shorten the age of exploitation
But a few men have a bed for the night
For a night the wind is kept from them
The snow meant for them falls on the roadway.
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Don't put down the book on reading this, man.
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A few people have a bed for the night
For a night the wind is kept from them
The snow meant for them falls on the roadway
But it won't change the world
It won't improve relations among men
It will not shorten the age of exploitation
Ms. M.X
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