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OUR LIFE The word That word, you know what it is. The word that you call us that describes us like were a pig You work us from dusk to dawn, you know that you are healthy so pick your own lawn. You call us dumb, but don’t allow us to read. You close your schools from us and say “you’re a flea”. You whip us and beat us and call us things. You hit us so hard that we want to fly away like we have wings. You sit there and beat us until we might die, Then you just sit there, just there with that evil glare in your eye. We don’t even get extra clothes, Then you still make us work, even if it’s freezing cold. We don’t even get mattresses, we sleep on the floor, we look at our children and they say “mama why” “Why do we stay here, get beaten then cry?” “We’ll get our of here one day, I promise we will.” “We’ll leave this place and run up that hill.” “We’ll run far and fast and people will help us.” “I Promise, I Promise we’ll get out of here, we will.”

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 2/14/2016 12:19:00 AM
Moriah, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 2/11/2016 7:29:00 PM
PS... I was moved by the way you express the dialogue. LINDA
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Date: 2/11/2016 7:28:00 PM
Hi Moriah, WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy Poetry Soup:) Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 2/11/2016 2:13:00 PM
Heartwrenching...
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