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-750,000 in Rwanda (Free verse) by ALChemy

See how the Tutsi sleep dead in heaps and still they lie there where they die. Too many for the census takers, calculators, estimators. Too many for the senses to take. Hear our silence serenade the merciless raid. The order's called. The triggers pulled. The flash, the bang, the flesh explodes. and in the air the smell still hangs of a rotting sweetness in churches and streets. wreaking our futures bleakness Touch the ground unsettled ground desecration abound There are more bodies than bullet shells stabbing children snapping thier necks. Save the bullets for mom and dad. Kids are easier to kill.

ALChemy 28-Jun-05/3:34 PM
Aren't you the hero. Sticking up for others.
What Dental Panic said and what was implied were two different things. I just pointed it out. My point is that an event this tragic is impossible to capture on print. So at best a poem can only be a reminder of those events. Considering your responses. This poem for good or bad reasons has at least got you thinking about Rwanda again. That was my goal. It's good to know your feelings about the subject are stronger than this poem or any poem. I write poetry for myself. Then if I get curious I post it.
They are two sepperate acts. There is plenty of stuff I won't post for the reason that I only want it for myself but all my poems are originally written for me. To some of you this poem is as annoying as a Mentos commercial but you still remember the product don't you? This poem is cold and heartless in ways and I believe that it has to be.




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