Beautifully Constructed Document Poem by Margaret Alice Second

This is an exquisite headache, I have struggled to page 5 and
there still is another ten, though I am required to say when,
the truth is I don't know how to finish this work to make the
deadline, seeking help I found a guru's advice ‘Start paying
attention to how you feel' - not much help there

I feel hot and bothered and desperate and determined to finish
this should I die in the attempt, even writing this is
lessening the time dedicated to my precious text, I cannot
sing about it, diplomatic lines to assure lenders of funds
unlimited and Australians donating many Oz dollars to Africans

A sweet attempt to help Africa from the Middle Ages to the
Enlightenment of infrastructure, irrigation and policies en-
suring good governance - ay, there's the rub, the moment
overseers and supervisors and political reports are needed,
the money is siphoned into an organigram and

Not enough is left for agricultural projects, reorganising the
government does not teach good ethics which should be learnt
at mother's knee through fairy tales to understand that one
should not slaughter the goose laying golden eggs or live with-
out discipline - much as I love people helping each other

I am curious to know how much goes to middlemen and what
percentage finally reaches the target groups who have to
make do with less than promised and then gets the blame
when projects go awry - but miracles never cease and this
might just be the first honest project in human history

Or at least less plundered than before, hopefully the Ozzies
themselves will visit here with happy calls - Hey Mate,
where's the barbie gonna be? - while looking through the
books and determining how much went to whom and why - but
ere I'm lost in a dream, let me return to my very -

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