is bare br nothing to cook br no LPG to keep the flame burning br with a cold and hungry look br children huddle there br br Lizzie stops at the food stores br on one street br to buy br on credit br something to feed them br br But storekeepers are blind br to her, are deaf br to her pleas, unconvinced br by her promises to repay. br They seem to forget the children br she speaks of are br not her own, br but other peoples’ children, br abandoned, br and wandering the streets.