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Abyss
Posted: 19 July 2004
Word Count: 72
Summary: Started as a Found Poem on the front of today's Telegraph. "Crisis in Sudan - Look at the terrified women and children and you stare into the abyss of man's inhumanity to man."
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Look at the terrified women -
look at the children.
Stare into the abyss
although it threatens you,
dragging you into its
bottomless depths.
Look
Look
don't be tempted
to turn away
Stare into the abyss
although you retch,
disgusted feelings rising
from the pit of your stomach.
Stare
Stare
don't be tempted
to ignore
Look, stare
into the abyss
of man's inhumanity to man.
You are Man
The Abyss is Yours
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 joanie at 18:30 on 19 July 2004
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Thank you, Alice. It was just a gut reaction to the headlines today. I really felt like it was just as much my responsibility as anybody's. For 'The Abyss is Yours', read 'The Abyss is Mine'
Thanks,
joanie
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 olebut at 22:22 on 19 July 2004
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Joanie
an evocative poem
a friend of mine from some years back was involved with running one of the church charities trying to get aid into sudan he had a death sentence hanging over his head and was in front of a number of firing squads fortunately his boss must have been watching over him as he never was shot, he would tell us of such depravation amongst the christians in Sudan who became muslims for 6 days of the week to get food and then reverted to christianity on Sundays.
thank you for shaking us form teh comfort of our summers night in relative luxury and safety
david x
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joanie at 11:49 on 20 July 2004
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Thank you, David. It's hitting the TV headlines today, too, I see.
joanie
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olebut at 11:59 on 20 July 2004
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Joanie
hitting the headlines is great but will anybody do anything positiv eto help and stop it happening again
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poemsgalore at 18:32 on 20 July 2004
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Gut reactions sometimes turn into great poems, and this is one. It's stark and hard hitting, brilliant.
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joanie at 19:32 on 20 July 2004
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poems, thank you!
Mike, I know. I suppose everybody feels that there is hardly anything they can do apart from giving a bit of money, but there are millions of us out there/out here, and ........ oh you know what I mean. One feels so inadequate.
Thanks again.
joanie
<Added>
Aargh!! I wrote 'Mike' - I meant 'David' Sorry.
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