The Vulture (23 page)
Authors: Frederick Ramsay
“It's a buzzard.”
“Or a vulture. You don't supposeâ¦?”
“Suppose what?”
“I'm going with vulture.” Ruth twisted in her seat and waved at the bird.
This is the second book which has child abuse as a secondary theme. It will be the last. I have persisted this far because one thing bothers me about it. It happens often, and that is bad, but one might argue that it seems integral to the human condition and cite incidents stretching back into ancient history to confirm that sad fact. That doesn't excuse it, only puts it in perspective. What is most disturbing to me is not the fact it exists, as awful as that is, but that it goes on with the full knowledge of otherwise responsible people and thus, too often, goes unreported and unpunished. Why this should be is a problem to be unraveled by keener minds than mine. Perhaps more dollars spent on childhood protective services would help, or reducing the divide between those who have and those who have not. I don't know, but in any event, it is clear to me that as long as the political system places economic growth ahead of human welfare, it will endure.
This book is dedicated to all those victims who have thus been robbed of their innocence and discarded by an uncaring society.
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