A number
on a list
Even though
I don't exist
Nobody knows me
But
I'm always there
A statistic,
a reminder
of a world that
doesn't care
My arms enfold
the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls
my hair
My eyes are
black and lifeless
With an
underprivileged stare
I'm the beggar
on the corner
Will no-one
spare a dime?
I'm the child that
never learns to read
'Cos no-one
spared the time
A number
on a list
Even though
I don't exist
Nobody knows me
But
I'm always there
A statistic,
a reminder
of a world that
doesn't care
I'm the murderer
and the victim
The licence
with the gun
I'm a sad and
bruised old lady
In an alley
in the slums
I'm a middle aged
businessman
with chronic
heart disease
I'm another
teenaged suicide
In a street that
has no trees
A number
on a list
Even though
I don't exist
Nobody knows me
But
I'm always there
A statistic,
a reminder
of a world that
doesn't care
I'm a starving
third world mother
A refugee
without a home
I'm a house wife
hooked on Valium
I'm a pensioner alone
I'm a cancer
ridden spectre
covering the earth
I'm another
hungry baby
I'm an
accident of birth
A number
on a list
Even though
I don't exist
Nobody knows me
But I'm
always there
A statistic,
a reminder
of a world that
doesn't care
A number
on a list
Even though
I don't exist
Nobody knows me
But I'm
always there
A statistic,
a reminder
of a world that
doesn't care