Charity Begins At Home
Charity begins at home
A proverb often heard
Helping out our family and friends
Though surely not where charity ends
Belonging as I do to Parkinson’s UK
'tis a degenerative disease ~ will ne’er go away
We sing each week in our Parkinson’s choir
raising funds ~ giving hope
as we pray for a long awaited cure
A world without Parkinson’s what more can I say
Well may be ~ hip hip hooray!
As Parkinson’s Awareness Week now nears
Should be happy ~ but are very close to tears
When enquiring at our local Mall
where we can place our stall
to encourage kindly folk who pass
with donations to P from one and all
So imagine our shock and dismay
to hear that we now have to pay
Though previously free for Parkinson’s charity
Now six hundred and fifty pounds for the week
plus the dreaded VAT…
Just a stall in a corner of our local shopping Mall
We speak to kindly folk as they pass by
Encouraging donations
that may help to find a cure one day
Though sadly no donations here for Parkinson’s UK
Charity begins at home ~ but here you have to pay…
Written by Ann Gilmour 6 April 2022
Copyright © Ann Gilmour | Year Posted 2022
Contest A BRIAN STRAND STANDARD
Sponsor Brian Strand
FIRST PLACE
Copyright © Ann Gilmour | Year Posted 2022
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