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ecrivan
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0 posted 2005-01-02 11:26 AM



Then tsunamis flash on the screen
one wonders where life has been
when problems were added day by day
the lot of livelihoods were washed away
for New Year prospects some scoff
then there are others who are better off.

Surfs usually sweep in the same way
at times the tide elevates in May
there is a loss of life continually
one tends to choose dramatic tides assiduously
for unpopular causes it's easy to forget
unpublicized tragedies surfed on the net

Tradgedies not as vast as South Asian seas
bombarded by what media chooses for us to see
forget and forgotten are the minority peoples
absorbed in life struggles under dominant steeples

Tides wash in and out regularly
they elevate continuously
people will always choose to live on the coast
at the moment that's where life costs the most.




© Copyright 2005 Martin Dansky - All Rights Reserved
froggy
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1 posted 2005-01-02 01:43 PM


Martin,
  Your words say it all.

:-)

Within this heart you'll find love

Ericc
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2 posted 2005-01-02 01:44 PM


Powerful.

Eric

ecrivan
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3 posted 2005-01-02 03:31 PM


It's hard to admit it but so many will be sucked in by the false advertisers making a quick buck from donated dollars!


froggy
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4 posted 2005-01-04 01:31 PM


I know what you mean Martin.
We give to our local red cross,other organations in our area.

Within this heart you'll find love

ecrivan
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5 posted 2005-01-04 09:17 PM


You do what you can do but when well known performers and give untold dollars and politicians jump on the tsunami bandwagon days later with thousands more bloated bodies being discovered, I'm disgusted with the stinginess in the days the help was forthcoming.  


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