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Mae Sot Garbage Tip Toy-Land

Down in the dumps today Children work not play The flies have swarmed A stench has formed Seagulls cry all day. Down in the dumps today Maggots pulse and flay It reeks to hell Children become unwell Amidst a haze of decay. Down in the dumps today Life’s turned ash grey Some children are gone But nobody mourns When waste rots away. Down in the dumps today Children restocked and stay Given sticks to dig Scavenge like pigs Toy-landfill of dismay. Where snakes rats and broken glass torment kids to this day. By David Kavanagh

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Christopher Flaherty

Date: 8/12/2020 6:09:00 PM

Kid's skirmish for the best pitch A wealthy persons cast offs is a poor persons treasure

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 8/14/2020 11:20:00 AM

Ditto same here David my 1st world problems seem to pale in comparison . If only we had the humility to contextualize

David Kavanagh
Date: 8/14/2020 3:08:00 AM

Was trying to write this in a perverse hickory dickory dock style contrasting it with our kids version,

David Kavanagh
Date: 8/14/2020 2:11:00 AM

Your dead right it’s things like that make me stop bitching about my relative petty issues in life, well for a while anyway cheers

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 8/13/2020 5:03:00 PM

A sad metaphor David for some people's life or lot there in it Thinking what on earth did i do to deserve being dumped here am i no better than that which i am being forced into recycling. Knowing even that is going or destined for a fresh start or better existence

David Kavanagh
Date: 8/13/2020 4:04:00 AM

Afraid not in this case Christopher the kids are orphans and work for gangs scavenging through the filth all day and hand all the recyclables up to their masters, either that or the sex trade what a choice a fate worse than death, cheers David

Sigrid Ermine

Date: 8/12/2020 5:12:00 AM

Very upsetting. Very real. I haven't travelled to any such place. Did you see it in person?

David Kavanagh
Date: 8/12/2020 6:24:00 AM

Hi Sigrid lucky I’ve never been there, seen a documentary about mae sot recently it’s truly a living hell, you might find some video clips on YouTube, cheers David