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The way of the world

February 4, 2011
By Sarah_Irene. PLATINUM, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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Sarah_Irene. PLATINUM, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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We all fixate
On everything being perfect
That we don't see the obvious
Standing before us

We turn a blind eye
To the starving children
We mock the unfortunate
And the fending homeless

But what if everything
Was to go away
And we were left with
Nothing to our name

Would we learn
To help other people
Or turn our backs
In denial

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