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By aqua_lady Date: 2001 Oct 21 Comment on this Work [[2001.10.21.21.46.27355]] |
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"Mama, why can't our class go on the field trip?" she says. "Baby, because of the war. Parents are afraid to let their kids go." And then my gut clenches and my anger rises and I want to scream, "I hate this war!" But for her sake... I let my ire bubble down below. Why do I have to tell my child that she cannot go on a simple field trip? Why must the man that I care about be pulled away so soon after he has come into my life? Why do I have to hate to watch the evening news or read the daily paper? Why must the lives of the people in our whole country be thrown into such strife? The warnings read, "Be careful of the mail that you open. Be on the outlook for things that do not seem right." When did the simple task of opening the mail become An undertaking... the cause of so much fright? I want my old life back DAMN IT! I want to be able to take for granted again That tomorrows headlines will be concerned only With the affairs of some over-sexed man. Gone is the age of innocence... from the innocent child. They have been torn from the safety their mother's arms And thrust into the reality of terror and war. Horror now daily in the life....of those who have never caused any harm.. |