I see this little note book in China has been made <br />And I can only wonder how much money was paid <br />To the person who made it perhaps a cent or two <br />If what we hear of China is anyway near true. <br /> <br />It cost me a dollar fifty that doesn't seem much to pay <br />For a note book made in China a half a world away <br />The poor person who made it must live in poverty <br />And there are billionaires in China how unfair life can be. <br /> <br />I've never been to China to see that famous wall <br />Though stories about China from others I recall <br />So densely populated where millions are so poor <br />Though many who live in China are financially secure. <br /> <br />It only cost a dollar fifty that even seems cheap to me <br />And I'm seen as a poor bloke in this society <br />The person who made this note book must work for pittance pay <br />One of the poor of China a half a world away.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/made-in-china-4/
