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The Little Boy

Wolf! The little boy cried No one listened and he died How could we miss Such a dark abyss? Sharp teeth Hidden behind the mask of a sheep "Daddy why must you hurt me so? How could they not know?" Every night while we slept That little boy wept "Stop Daddy, why must you hurt me? Why can't they see?" He called Wolf, no one would look Such horrors can only exist in a book We were oh so wrong And now he is gone

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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