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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Reading the news today it can be seen what one wrong letter can really mean... someone in a big white house zeroed in on IRAQ and said we really need to attack now it seems they really meant IRAN? a mis-communication perhaps? a government intelligence report typo? hospitals have been sued when doctors accidentally followed incorrect charts, sometimes taking out the wrong body parts from the wrong patients and the consequences are they lose lots of money sometimes the doctors lose a license sometimes a patient loses a life who loses when we go after one bad guy with a bunch of guns while stumbling and bumbling past an even badder guy with bigger and meaner guns? oh, and what if we mistake north for south? as in Korea? how many people under 18 know the difference between north and south Viet Nam? as for the rest of the world, does anyone here know the capitals of other countries? such as Uruguay? Paraguay? Sierre Leone? Zimbabwe? Costa Rica? Belgium? Alaska? ok, so the last one might be a joke but war isn't |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
ok, so the last one might be a joke but war isn't This is too true! I think we will see many poems on war, but none more heartfelt than yours. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Seems the list of "evil" swells and enemies reside behind each bush..er..shrub. Gee how did all this start and who was it who first "nuked" someone? |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
kayjay, thank you for reading this one, and for your reply. It's really getting embarassing, and scary. RS  Exactly. Thank you so much for your reply. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Makes you feel like a sitting duck doesn't it? Here here Kacy! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Hey there Lori! Yes, why don't we just go nuke half a dozen countries at once and hope we get the right ones? SHEESH! it's gone so far beyond sheesh though. I'm moving to another planet as soon as possible. |
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sweetwater Member
since 2002-12-16
Posts 178Perth |
Hi Midnitesun - I usually stay away from poems about war, but this one was from a different perspective, and nicely handled without cliches.. a good write in my humble opinion.. thanks for the read  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
sweetwater, I humbly thank you for that reply. Wishing Peace to you, and all the planet. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
hmmmm.....deep thoughts |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
kind of whimiscal, but it sure drives the point home, like its hard to tell the players , the button pushers, without a scorecard |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You sent this to the big house, er, white house, right? Good catch, Kacy... [This message has been edited by Sunshine (03-11-2003 07:00 AM).] |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Dixie, Michelle, Karilea... thanks for reading and commenting nope, haven't sent it yet, but maybe I should |
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