Basic Needs Poem by Frank Adie

Of all the basic needs of man,
Two top the priority list,
One is air, the other is food,
And air has been given for free.

A man can survive without a home,
For the trees can give him shade,
But not a minute without air,
And air is free of charge.

The second basic need is food,
Without which man cannot live,
A man can survive without cloths,
But not for long without food.

Of all the essential needs of man,
Air, food, clothing and shelter-
Only two are not do without-
The rest are not as such.

To aid in the provision of this needs,
God did a fifty-fifty deal with man,
I will provide the air, you sought for your food,
And God kept his own bargain.

If you can't eat is not God's fault,
For God has done his best;
He has done a fifty-fifty deal with you,
And oxygen is never scarce.