The following is a poem by the Australian cartoonist and poet, Michael Leunig. It is titled "We Must Do With Scraps...". I hope you enjoy it.
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"Little scraps of peace and quiet.
Hope, conversation, handshakes,
- all in dribs and drabs.
A few crumbs of fun
A tiny flake of beauty.
One teaspoon of enthusiasm.
Off-cuts of each other
A skerrick of community...
A bit of a kiss.
A snippet of eye contact.
A snippet of hospitality.
A snippet of patience.
A shred of honor.
A wisp of good humor.
A sample of compassion.
Leftovers, oddments, remnants of the glorious situation.
A fragment of God.
Not much really.
Sorry. Time's up."
~ Michael Leunig
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