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those poor children, those poor children,

those P-O-O-R, poor children.

All right, so poor actually has a couple of meanings.

One, of course, means to not have much money, to have little money, to maybe not have a house,

poor, to be poor, to have no money.

So, of course, you are listening to this podcast.

That means you have a computer or an internet connection.

You are very lucky.

There are many people in this world who do not have a computer, who do not have an internet connection.

They might not even have a very nice house. They might not have

enough to eat. Those people we could call poor people. Poor is relative. Bill Gates,

oh, he's super rich compared to Bill Gates, I'm poor.

Everybody's poor compared to Bill Gates.

So poor has that meaning.

But poor has another meaning.

Helpless.

If someone is poor, they're helpless.

They could easily become a victim of violence or danger, sickness.

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