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Dangerously Odd World
Contributed by
enigma
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Saturday, 12th January 2008 @ 06:03:06 AM in AEST
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Lifepoems
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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
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enigma
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2008-01-12 06:03:06] (Date/Time posted on
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Re: Dangerously Odd World
(User Rating: 1 ) by inlovewithaladd on
Sunday, 13th January 2008 @ 09:35:30 PM AEST (User
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child, by child, by child-
so very true.
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