* * *
lanka declares war
children die
and mothers.
* * *
looking for
tigers
the state
took arms
what followed
was one
bloody nonsense war.
* * *
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Friday, April 24, 2009
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
An Iraqi girl speaks Malayalam
Sameeha translates her neighbour, a 13-year old Iraqi girl who lived in the next flat, who lost her parents when they were having a lunch together.
In English, it translates roughly as..
"I can't forget the childhood
That smelt blood
Ate bombs
Heard lullabies of gunshots
We will resist
At least with slingshots
Till our last bones are broken
We, children of Baghdad.."
"Who knows what she'll become tomorrow..", Sameeha asks. What will we call the girl, "insurgent", or "terrorist"? When will the rest of us realize War is not a matter of whether Saddam was a martyr or a villain?
In English, it translates roughly as..
"I can't forget the childhood
That smelt blood
Ate bombs
Heard lullabies of gunshots
We will resist
At least with slingshots
Till our last bones are broken
We, children of Baghdad.."
"Who knows what she'll become tomorrow..", Sameeha asks. What will we call the girl, "insurgent", or "terrorist"? When will the rest of us realize War is not a matter of whether Saddam was a martyr or a villain?
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