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LOST KIDS
Posted: 26 May 2004
Word Count: 62
Summary: children at war
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Where have all the children gone?
Some are living,
some in hell,lost.
Scramble to exist.
Nothing for them
it's all wars.
Wish we could rescue
let them reach for the stars.
Give them a gun,
no education,
seven years old
and fighting.
They know not what they do,
know not where to go,
dull eyed kids,
dead before they are born.
LOST,ALONE,UNLOVED.
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 joanie at 17:25 on 26 May 2004
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Yes, Alice, it's tragic isn't it? No words go far enough really but you've expressed it well.
joanie
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 Account Closed at 17:53 on 26 May 2004
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Hi Alice, a very haunting poem. I thought perhaps, "things to come", but no, they're already here with their dull glazed eyes.
Ste
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miffle at 18:30 on 26 May 2004
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Alice, I wonder whether you too were watching 'The Children of Gaza' last night (?). I wish I had recorded it - it was an incredibly brave and resonant film. Well said, Miffle
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roovacrag at 19:03 on 26 May 2004
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Sorry nikki i didn't this was children in general.
Too many wars going on and too many kids killed and homeless.
You know me take 5 minutes to write a poem,This hit a nerve..
Joan..... think i just said it.
Thanks for comment.
Steven,
Yes haunting, but kids at war are haunting. They are lost and alone and crying.
xx Al
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The Walrus at 08:30 on 27 May 2004
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To have one's childhood ended prematurely is a crime. To never reach adulthood is a crime. Our world is full of crimes against ourselves and others. We (humanity) lost our innocence a long time ago. I could bloody weep.
Good piece Stan.
The Walrus
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Mooncat at 08:53 on 27 May 2004
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Hi Alice,
Very moving. Makes you think and question human nature.
'Dull eyed kids' - a haunting image.
Well done.
Mooncat
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gard at 13:34 on 29 May 2004
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Hi roovacrag
I did not see children of gaza, I expect they will not show that documentary in the USA. I did read an article recently on the young boys and their weapons in Africa, relating their slang phrases for cutting off the hands or arms of people.
A haunting piece. And so it has been for it seems ever, children always suffer the mistakes of their parents (who themselves are really children).
G
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