WOW

Sooo..
like everyone else I had a lot of difficulty with the poem.
it seems to me like there is a group of women, who feel like they should help the poor.
they are all upper class women..
so they go to this..place..
and they try and help these people who, to them, arent really people at all, but kind of their own species.
and they look down on them.
so although they are providing services they are not doing it in the right way nor for the right reasons.
they think the people are dirty and appalling.
and they are trying to get it over with as quickly as possible so they can return to the safety of their homes.
the only reason they are really doing it is so others will praise them.

what i got out of the poem is the thing that we talked about before.
service "with" the poor and marginalized not "to" them.
we should be serving because we want to make a difference in the long run..
not just to get it over with.


but i still need it explained more...