DOWN & UP
Courtesy of SPFTC
Just as I was feeling a little down
Weighed down
By that cough that chooses to linger
By cold shoulders shown to Fair Trade
By red figures on rainy market days
By shipments that came in wayward ways
What should have come by boat had flown in
And what should have flown in arrived late
By bulk customers’ orders that have gone astray
By products which I have ordered too many
By eternal groans from my partner: he is tired
By caring hearts which question: what pains what gains
Just as I …
And your uplifting email arrived
Thank you dear SPFTC
Maybe my role lies not in selling the few packets
Maybe my role lies in seeing that your cries are heard