Give Me A Hand My Brother Poem by David Whalen

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Say, could you give me
A little hand here?
I'm near the end
Of my rope

The world all around me
Seems to want to disown me
I'm down and
Near out of hope

I don't ask for much
Just a kind caring touch
Just a modicum of charity
A bit of warmhearted mercy

So please don't pass me by
With cold averted eye
For it's only by a twist of fate
It could well be you in my place

I may be down and out
But remember my friend
(have no doubt)
We're both family members

…Of the whole Human race…
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