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Fair
Contributed by
Kelly
on
Monday, 27th June 2005 @ 12:01:28 PM in AEST
Topic:
Grief
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Fair.
To what shall we compare
And on which side to err
If we are to read today’s news
And make no excuse
For the sadness and pain?
For the children we’ll never see again?
No right. No wrong. Nothing plain.
“Fair� today is a dangerous word
Bordering on absurd expectations
That the weak will be saved
That the strong will be reserved.
Yes, fair isn’t quite the word.
Better, we might say, to leave it alone
To forget the child never to be grown
To drown in sorrows so far from home.
Enough for now of this search for reason.
To rescue fairness seems tantamount to something naïve—
Perhaps, and this is said with caution, even treason.
Copyright ©
Kelly
... [
2005-06-27 12:01:28] (Date/Time posted on
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Re: Fair
(User Rating: 1 ) by xxbreathlessx on
Monday, 27th June 2005 @ 12:50:59 PM AEST (User
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great and true write. it was sad what happened and you bring that out here vey well good job. |
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