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A Child's Hand in the Rubble a Poem By Sam Hamod
(dedicated to all the children being killed in all the wars) Al-Jazeerah, CCUN, May 23, 2012*** a child’s hand in the rubble is not the same as a hand on a child-- why is it that parents allow old men and women to make wars? *** it was shiny, just below the water stuck in the sand, shiny, Mohammed put his hand on it, suddenly, his body and blood were on all of his friends cluster bomb *** and who remembers the zoo in Rafah, the one that was destroyed at 3 a.m. by tanks and bulldozers, killing the animals, children huddled inside, and the dream of children for another day *** ah, but with wars, time passes too quickly and everyday’s killings all blend into one so that the children and their times and circumstances blur in time blur blur from green, to blue to black to gray then disappear *** for children war is only a game they play, unless you are a child in a war zone, then it’s no game, there is no laughter, no second chance it is life and death each moment, ---even if a fragment, rocket or cluster bomb doesn’t get you, fear kills you each day, until after a while you’re not sure if you are dead or alive *** Dr. Sam Hamod, [email protected] Editor, www.contemporaryworldliterature.com Editor, www.todaysalternativenews.com
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