Scandalous
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I know when I first saw the news
of hungry children whose eyes flies had nearly consumed
I thought it scandalous
and when I heard of child warriors
cold wars, brother against brother
I was scandalized
so who cares about the prince's wife
and her "injured pride"
her bare breasts make eyes wide
while everday innocence dies
and our silence is consent
so while we wallow in irreverence
we are ultimately accountable for every penny spent
on tabloid noise
while hungry girls and boys
suffer for our indifference
talk about a scandal!
of hungry children whose eyes flies had nearly consumed
I thought it scandalous
and when I heard of child warriors
cold wars, brother against brother
I was scandalized
so who cares about the prince's wife
and her "injured pride"
her bare breasts make eyes wide
while everday innocence dies
and our silence is consent
so while we wallow in irreverence
we are ultimately accountable for every penny spent
on tabloid noise
while hungry girls and boys
suffer for our indifference
talk about a scandal!
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We always seem to get whatever we focus on the most, out of life but we always focus on trivialities and then we complain about the triviality of life.
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Poetry.com 4.6 out of 5 based on 7 votes.
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great write
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It is also very scandalous when somebody want only to receive and....never give !
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Unfortunately, the latest celebrity scandal sells better than an article on the atrocities in the world. Your poem speaks to this inequity and tells of the sad state of affairs in the world when we care more who is dating who than about the world's atrocities.
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I find myself thinking the very same
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i'm on your side, too much going on then to buy into that non-sense, that has no impact on humanity
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Nice
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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