global games by Julie Adamscountries play with
sticks n stones
while people run
for cover, for freedom
for their lives 12/05/2002 Posted on 12/05/2002 Copyright © 2024 Julie Adams
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Posted by David R Spellman on 12/05/02 at 10:18 PM An indictment of current events here Julie; unfortunately with much more terrible weapons and traumatic results. |
Posted by Glenn Currier on 12/07/02 at 03:52 AM Jewels, it is good that you hold in your poetic cup the human beings whose freedom and dignity are at stake. |
Posted by Lacy D Phillips on 12/07/02 at 04:41 AM In its very simplicity, this is caustic. Funny how just a few words can stay with you for days while a whole epic slips away in moments. |
Posted by Anne Howe on 12/17/02 at 09:08 PM good allusion to "sticks n stones will break my bones but calling will not harm me" ..."when will (we) ever learn? " ..well said jewels |
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