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Do You Care

I turn on the news, it isn't there Internet top stories, college football, Britney Spears, it isn't there 400,000 dead do you not care? I care three eight year old girls raped, chained together and burned alive I care After the Holocust we promise ourselves and future generations never again But there's Rhonda, Uganda, Tibet and Sudan The world it seems just does not care What if it was me? What if i lived in Darfur? Geogaphy is my savior That i was born in the USA give me a sense of pride It does not give me a sense of superiority What if I, A group of I Attractive, young, white female lived in Darfur Would you continue on with your life Would you pretend there was no genocide You can tell yourself the same thing the politicians tell us That it is not a race issue But lets be honest, its poor black African being murdered and do we care? I care You should care Please care Please learn about Darfur www.SaveDarfur.org

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Date: 5/10/2016 9:31:00 PM
Kendra, you have a great way of expressing yourself through poetry, XOX ~LINDA~
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Date: 5/8/2016 2:55:00 AM
KENDRA, this is an awesome poem, thank you for sharing. *SKAT
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