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Abyss

by  joanie

Posted: Monday, July 19, 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."




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