help us, please

they want a donation.
they call,
they send mail requests.
just five, just ten,
fifty if you can,
or whatever you can afford.
we need to save
the babies, the dogs,
the orphans overseas.
we need to
build a hut, a trench,
we need medicine
for the tired and poor,
for diseased.
won't you help us,
as you've done in the past,
if you have heart,
a conscience, if you
truly believe,
won't you help us,
please.