Who will watch the children...
When the 32-year old grandmother is turning tricks to support her habit and her pimp is cashing her government checks...

Who will watch the children...
When there’s no man in the house called daddy and the daughters are being turned over to the boyfriends when they reach the age of ten...

Who will watch the children...
When there’s no food in the house and the now twelve year old momma/child has to feed the baby some solids...

Who will watch the children...
When the social worker and the community activists are fighting over what’s best for the momma/child and her baby...

Who will watch the children...
When the now 15-year old momma/child is strung out and sold out by her momma’s pimp, now called daddy by three generations of grief, despair and yet another failed government welfare program...

Who will watch the children...
When the hands of death are grabbing at the ankles of our future and there’s no one there to save them...

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