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Ignorant Curiosity

The people overshadowed a simple dying act The act a sacrifice of an undetermined fact “Why let the end make up for what he lacked?” The television crews had decided to extract “The man suffered alone and he died for war” “His ignorance clouded his sight and so he had ignored” “His cynical hold on life threw him down before” “His atheist views were lost as he turned and saw” The people overjoyed that it was explained With curiosity lost they huddled down again Decided how they would continue with this game Struggling en route into how best to blame The people fought on until they found a way Many decided now that they had a better say The people began to fight about why he lay Many decided now that he had betrayed The people argued on into the dead of night Many argued why’s and when’s and who has rights The people lost goal of all and began to fight Many people fell in the endless plight The people grew weak and asked why there was blood Their cynicism grew and buried them in mud The people forgot why they lost their livelihood Ignorance had killed them and it always would

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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