Madonna and Child

Well Mrs Ritchie, it looks as though you have had your way so far. A small black child named David Banda arrived in a Johannesburg airport today destined for an onward journey to one of your UK homes no doubt. Your overnight package has arrived Ma'am. Sign here please. Did no-one tell you slavery was outlawed in the late 18th century and that England finally abolished it in the early 1800's?
What were you thinking of that day last week when a fragile young Malawian orphan was presented to you on your visit to an orphanage? Did you think you had the right to play with the lives of children just because you have money to spend? That's how you bought your art isn't it Mrs Ritchie? You just paid more than anyone else because you had it to spend. Then you stopped buying art? Something clicked inside you then. You suddenly realised that the accumulation of artefacts for artefacts sake was not such a good thing after all. That you were still an empty person, despite your wealth. You got bored didn't you Mrs Ritchie. Is that how this will end? Will you get bored and move on to something else that will guarantee your place in the media headlines?
You have clearly attempted to bypass the authorities with your bribes of cash. You have flaunted highly regarded charity’s objections against this attempted adoption. This is not a decaying oil painting by Picasso Mrs Ritchie. There is no eventual resale value and no wall on which to hang your spoils. This is the priceless life of an orphaned child with which you bargain Mrs Ritchie. African flesh and blood.
Maybe you have been away from post-colonial America too long. Maybe this is just another scheme in your long list of blasphemous stage depictions. Will we be subjected to a 'Madonna and black child' as you strut the stage of some football stadium? Is that your ploy Mrs Ritchie? Have you been visiting the English National Galleries and getting ideas from the ageing Catholic iconography that adorns the walls of the Trafalgar Square building? Are those spoils of pre-colonial self-enrichment your goals too Mrs Ritchie?
Is this your 'next big thing' Mrs Ritchie?