Growing Ever Wide Poem by Francis Duggan

The gap between the haves and the have nots is growing wide by the day
And that does seem a sad thing for to have to say
So many must try to sleep without shelter tonight
In a World where some do have too much this doesn't seem right
The wealthy bloke takes out his family to dine
Four hundred for dinner and two hundred for wine
Six hundred dollars to him does not seem much at all
Between the haves and the have nots the difference is not small
The poor ageing woman that time has left gray
On her low income inflationary rent prices cannot afford to pay
Condemned due to her lack of money to live and sleep rough
Just one of the many who is doing it tough
That a minority does own most of the wealth does seem all wrong to me
But this is how it is and it always will be.