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>The Development Set
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>Escuse me, friends, I must catch my jet-
>I'm off to join the Development Set;
>My bags are packed, and I've had all my shots,
>I have traveller's cheques and pills for the trots.
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>the Development Set is bright and noble,
>Our thoughts are deep and our vision global;
>Although we move with the better classes,
>Our thoughts are always with the masses.
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>In Sheraton hotels in scattered nations,
>We damn multinational corporations;
>Insjutice seems so easy to protest,
>In such seething hotbeds of social rest.
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>We discuss malnutrition over steaks
>And plan hunger talks during coffee breaks.
>Whether Asian floods or African drought,
>We face each issue with an open mouth.
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>We bring in consultants whose circumlocution
>Raises difficulties for every solution-
>Thus guaranteeing continued good eating
>By showing the need for another meeting.
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>The language of the Development Set,
>Strethces the English alphabet;
>We use swell words like 'epigenetic',
>'Micro', 'Macro', and 'logarithmetic'.
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>Development Set homes are extremely chic,
>Full of carvings, curios and draped with batik.
>Eye-level photographs subtly assure
>That your host is at home with the rich and the poor.
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>Enough of these verses- on with the mission!
>Our task is as broad as the human condition!
>Just pray to God the biblical promise is true:
>The poor ye shall always have with you.
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>              Ross Coggins
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Ricardo Gomez (607) 275 0536 rg33@cornell.edu
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