my baby went to school today,
same as always,
but today my baby didn't come home.
it's one of those things-
been happening to other people all around this country-
now its my turn.
somebody drove up in a car with a bomb-
ran into the side of my baby's bus-
killed a lot of children...
killed a lot of adults too.
then again, everybody is somebody's child.
its one of those things you think will only happen
over there-
not over here.
its one of those facts of living here,
in this war torn, bitter, country,
that is utterly true and heartless-
an undeniable fact.
my baby went to school today,
same as always,
but today my baby didn't come home.
i am thinking,
whoever reads this,
you will immediately name one country,
one thats in the news,
one that you all assume this kind of thing happens in,
that i am living in-
but i am guessing you won't name your own.
you won't say i am from france,
england, germany, italy, spain...
the western world,
and God forbid you name the united states-
these things don't happen in 'civilized' places.
you will name iraq,
afghanistan,
someplace in the middle east,
or somewhere in africa-
one of those wild, strange places
always in the news.
sorry, delusioned reader-
but you're wrong.
all things concidered,
i might just be you.
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