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Dangerously Odd World

Contributed by enigma on Saturday, 12th January 2008 @ 06:03:06 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

Dangerously Odd

This is a dangerously peculiar world I find myself in.
Actually, it is mostly the humans who are dangerously peculiar.

For instance:
some say our nation is the richest power that has ever existed;
some say our nation is great,
that our nation is the moral giant of the world;
some actually believe we are a nation under God;
some say with an air of moral certitude:
Let them be born,
but let them struggle;
let them thrash about;
let them wallow in their own personal morass of preventable disability;
let them fight the impossible battle,
alone;
let their minds become dull from malnutrition;
let them experience failure;
let them wither away,
day by day,
moment by moment,
child, by child, by child.

On the other hand,
some say our nation is greedy and self-centered;
some say our nation is short-sighted,
that we are selfishly consuming with no regard for the future;
some say we are callous to the needs of the weak and unfortunate;
some say with haughty indignant voices:
Let them choose;
let them decide;
let them end what they so nonchalantly began;
let the little ones be destroyed before they have a voice;
let them be shattered before they have breath;
let them die,
day by day,
moment by moment,
child, by child, by child.

So,
there you have it!
a culturally accepted institutionalized gamut,
designed specifically for the most innocent and defenseless among us!
With the best social wisdom our nation has to offer we must choose:
Cause them to be born and then let them wither away,
or,
let them die and be done with it.

A nation under God...
dangerously odd;
indeed,
dangerously odd.

rko
december nine, two thousand, two

Copyright © enigma ... [ 2008-01-12 06:03:06]
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Re: Dangerously Odd World (User Rating: 1 )
by inlovewithaladd on Sunday, 13th January 2008 @ 09:35:30 PM AEST
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child, by child, by child-

so very true.

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