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Published: 2012-04-27 16:53:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 261; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 3
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Description A father hears his son
crying out for him
as the doctors insert a tube
down his throat
so that the food can fill out
his skeletal limbs
rather than flowing through the hole
in the side of his throat.
To buy the life of his five-year-old boy
he had to sell his home.

And here I am stuck between
two girls complaining about
how the world is unfair because
our country can afford
to salt the roads
and stain their little suede boots
that are twice the cost of payment
for that dying son.
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Comments: 16

LittleFishPenguin95 [2012-06-08 02:11:53 +0000 UTC]

That is the terrible truth...

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callerofcrows In reply to LittleFishPenguin95 [2012-06-08 02:19:30 +0000 UTC]

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LittleFishPenguin95 In reply to callerofcrows [2012-06-08 02:46:46 +0000 UTC]

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KellieBeth88 [2012-05-20 23:26:45 +0000 UTC]

I have felt this way before too. Some people are so oblivious to everything around them. It infuriates me to no end.

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callerofcrows In reply to KellieBeth88 [2012-05-20 23:31:07 +0000 UTC]

Amen to that.

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Musango [2012-05-14 17:04:37 +0000 UTC]

I so identify with this...

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callerofcrows In reply to Musango [2012-05-14 17:08:22 +0000 UTC]

Mmmmhm. Some people just need a whack with the perspective stick.

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Musango In reply to callerofcrows [2012-05-14 17:17:48 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I come from Africa and its so hard to just talk to people here in Australia about the third world and its problems... Nobody wants to listen...

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callerofcrows In reply to Musango [2012-05-14 17:21:49 +0000 UTC]

Nobody wants to listen because with listening comes guilt and the need to step up. Once you're aware of a problem, it becomes almost impossible to ignore, and people are much more content with living in ignorance than living with an uncomfortable conscience.

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Musango In reply to callerofcrows [2012-05-14 17:27:40 +0000 UTC]

Yeah you are right. The cosy bubble syndrome... I kinda get the vibe sometimes that "it's not my problem"... Frustrates me...

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McProxy [2012-05-10 00:16:09 +0000 UTC]

I think I'd about flip out at that point.

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callerofcrows In reply to McProxy [2012-05-10 23:42:19 +0000 UTC]

I really wanted to, but they weren't in the class with me, so there's no way they could know what was going through my mind. It wouldn'tve been appropriate.

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TheDarkenedBride [2012-05-01 12:52:48 +0000 UTC]

people can be so stupid

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Aumnren [2012-04-28 17:33:40 +0000 UTC]

This.

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ieatrosepetals [2012-04-27 18:18:51 +0000 UTC]

This was very powerful..

And yea..People are [bleeping] ridiculous. e.e

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callerofcrows In reply to ieatrosepetals [2012-04-27 19:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for this comment, and the fave!!

Yeah...I can't comprehend how people, myself included, can take what they have for granted. Today was a huge whack in the head with the perspective stick.

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