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Third World

The rest of us
caught here
in the web
of a foreign arachnid

We prop up
his appendages
and force feed
his proboscis

Those of us
blinded here
by his pure
dark whiteness

Grope and slash
in the excrement
of his dying
putrefaction

In a world
good for others
they concentrate
us in harm

And our children
play in the backyard
of beyond
forever like
the rest of us

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 8/3/2017 9:36:00 AM
Much talent covering important topics. A world entire lives in your verses. The rest of us should have a similar look on every day morality.
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Date: 8/2/2017 10:48:00 AM
I would sum this up in the word: Powerful. Maybe a better word might be: Shameful. Shame on me and so many millions of other "well off" folks. Living like there is no tomorrow, forgetting that for millions more there is no real "today". Thank you for bringing this to my mind and for sharing this with all of us on the soup. oldbuck
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Date: 8/2/2017 1:02:00 AM
Powerfully stated...Yes, greed, big business, their paralyzing poison...your sense of outrage is palpable...
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