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The Cold Within

Six humans trapped by happenstance

In black and bitter cold—

Each one possessed a stick of wood,

Or so the story's told.

Their dying fire in need of logs,

The first, a woman, held hers back.

For on a face around the fire,

She noticed it was black.

The next, a man, looking 'cross the way,

Saw one not of his church,

So couldn't bring himself to offer

The fire his stick of birch.

The third, a man, sat in tattered clothes;

Gave his coat a hitch.

Why should his log be put to use

To warm the idle rich?

The rich man sat back and thought

Of the wealth he had in store.

And of how to keep what he'd earned

From the lazy poor.

The black man's face bespoke revenge

As the fire passed from his sight,

For in his stick of wood he saw

A chance to spite the white.

And the last member of this group

Did naught except for gain.

Giving only to those who gave

Was how he played the game.

The logs held tight in death's still hands

Were proof of human sin.

These didn't die from the cold without;

They died from the cold within.

Author unknown

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