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\"Anti<\/a>
Anti Homeless Spikes in an American Window – many homeless are war veterans from the US Army<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The crazed vanities of man
\nWho cannot see all are the same
\nThinks the other the source of his ill
\nThat he can point at to blame.<\/p>\n

Sure the world is unequal
\nBut that it is so we understand
\nWe may fight all we can to change what we are dealt
\nBut we still must play life’s hand…<\/p>\n

All that’s wrong in the world
\nHow it is we wonder why
\nHalf the world is dieting
\nWhile the other half from hunger die<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The crazed vanities of man Who cannot see all are the same Thinks the other the source of his ill That he can point at to blame. Sure the world is unequal But that it is so we understand We may fight all we can to change what we are …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,109,2855,7,130],"tags":[4040,4041,4038,818,4042,4039],"class_list":["post-4195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-environment","category-globalization","category-life","category-politics","tag-globalization","tag-impact-of-globalisation","tag-inequality","tag-politics-2","tag-trade-deals","tag-world","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-15F","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3423,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-homeless-are-not-just-for-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":4195,"position":0},"title":"The Homeless Are Not Just For Christmas","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"20th December 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The homeless are not just for Christmas. 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