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Choropampa and the silver droplets
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Choropampa and the silver droplets |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Sit around awhile wait for the return of Atahualpa and the companeros, listen to the tales of reality Latin America will not go down without a fight, even as silver droplets shine along the Andean roadside and the children cannot resist playing with the beautiful globules of mercury contamination spilled during transport by a lucrative gold mining operation, and now one young woman is forever blind, blinded by the silver lining and like an avalanche, all the abused souls shall fall upon us someday, and make us pay for all the evil we have done... and as the ice melts and the seas rise up to swallow all the silvered and golden cities, the world shall see we are all guests on this planet, and our visa shall soon expire. |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
we are all guests on this planet, For sure! Something to remember and live by. I love your compassion and purpose! miscee |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
thank you, miscee |
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longte Member
since 2005-04-06
Posts 199Australia |
Very sad topic Writen a few about things like this Not good what we are doing Our Blind stupidity amazes me Live It |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
for those who do not know about Choropampa: http://www.frif.com/new2003/cho.html Choropampa, and the price of gold (FYI. The Denver, CO based company Newmont Mining is currently being sued for mercury contamination) thank you, for your reply, longte Also thanking Lula, and Hugo Chavez (although I am questionning Chavez lately about his alleged political opponent's rights abuse) and the World Social Reform movement |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Almost two years ago, I took a cruise into Belize, and other areas... It was not hard to note firsthand the 19th and 21st century crossings.... and at times, high disregard... this poem harkens back to a time when high-falutin' society would travel, turn up their noses, and wonder "what was wrong with them" - in a sense, Kacy...in a sense... then the later crowd came in and said, "let's do something" and I am thinking now of the Peace Corps...and all they tried. Do not take this comment/response wrong, dear, I remain highly pleased over all you say, even when regarding the world and its tragedies...that you speak shows character, spunk and integrity. What I am trying in my wrong way to say is, I wish someone could come up with answers. We see the problems all of the time; there is, I think, within this poetland, many eyes that see the travesties of the world. But I never see anyone coming up with a real solution. And any solutions I have ever tried to propose to lives I deal with every day, are, generally, taken up as a "oh, she'd save the world if she could" idea and dismissed. What I am really saying Kacy, is that I sure as heck admire your spunk, your tenacity, your bulldog attentiveness. I wish we could find answers that would be picked up by the initial Republic that founded this nation, and understood by all. But...the politicians keep mixing the pot, the facts keep getting distributed amongst views, and we keep floundering. Write on Kacy.... people ARE listening. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks, Karilea. Yes, some are listening. We need to stop supporting companies that pollute and abuse...to me, it is that simple. And yet, I too use oil, and surf the net upon a foundation of technology. Whenever possible though, I actively support indigenous groups that are not needlessly saddled by American (or other) companies. It is never an easy answer, is it? Keeping our eyes open is necessary though, and what is frustrating to me is that most don't even see there is a problem with how we do business in other countries (as well as our own!) and we seem to suffer from a collective heads-in-the-sand syndrome. But yes, Peace Corps volunteers are often the only ones indigenous peoples meet who aren't there to rip them off. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
There is one of the answers, dear... Keeping our eyes [minds/hearts/thoughts] open. Glad I didn't offend.  |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
midnitesun...Very touching poem about a sad subject. The price we all must pay so a few greedy companies can make their earnings report look better. If only they cared about what really matters...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"listen to the tales of reality" Listen to the tales of slow death. Is gold worth that much? Well done, Kacy Carry it on... ___________ice ><> |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
thank you kacy, pip's voice of the voiceless |
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