WHERE'S LAZARUS?

                                            WHERE'S LAZARUS?

A new infant, I

Strained an old circle

A beggar, whose benefactors gave                

To let my childhood grow.

Indebted early

Now a benefactor

I encounter

Thirst on every corner

Those once powerful now want to know

Where's Lazarus?

I can’t go home to mother’s meals

I have to pay her due

And assisted living rent.

I can’t go back to the U again

They want to know,

Have I made my last will and . . .

They print names ranked by contribution size,

Wine and dine, name a building after you.                                      

So I, ranked,                                         

Rank and dip my water to

My family, the local needy

And favorite diseases

Arts, culture, multiple schools

And several churches

Wait.  Name a building after me?

What do you say, kids?

Dennis R. Keefe

May 1, 2016