Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

If you have in hand a carrot

Dangle it not

Before the starved.

If you hold a drink of water

Don’t spill it in view

Of thirsty who don’t have.

Power doesn’t lie

In tormenting the helpless.

Do not dishonor justice

Whilst children beg for salve.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 16, 2018:

Tantalize

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