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Open Poetry #38

Banda Aceh's Ninth Ward

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

0 posted 2006-07-02 07:54 PM

rubble rubble
trouble in double
and still
hands held out
alms for the needy
smiles from the greedy
and most just get a hi sign,
we'll be back soon
with the rebuild check
and were it not for
the truth seekers
you'd think
all is well
and on the way
to recovery
and the blues,
after all,
is just so much music

and the giant dirty bath tub ring
surrounds the eyes and nose
and the heart knows
Banda Aceh and the Ninth Ward
equal a Baghdad nightmare
excepting the fact
the root cause
of the attack
appears to be different

but razors the edge of thought

as man made hellzones
prevail

and each year
we need
bigger shovels

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since 2006-04-29

Posts 359

1 posted 2006-07-02 10:18 PM

This is a most powerful piece. It hits the heart, the mind, and the stomach. This poem really gets me. Thanks

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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2006-07-02 10:26 PM

thank you
for taking time to read
understand, feel
and breathe your reply

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