Donations

Donate to a worthy cause
And this is what’s in store –
A feeling that you’ve done some good…
Until they ask for more.

For one donation’s not enough;
Requests will keep arriving
And soon the word gets out
That other groups you are depriving.

So charities you’ve never heard of
Send you their appeals
And though you toss them out, you really
Don’t like how that feels.

Your name’s not Gates or Buffett, though,
So it’s not really fair
To think that if you don’t respond
It means that you don’t care.

It’s nice to donate what you can
But not to every pitch,
For those requests should filter
To the really, really rich.