"mommy, mommy, MOMMY!"
(Poem of Kosovo - 1999)
cji
4/17/99
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But there was no reply
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His life as he knew it |
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Thus these poems extend |
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It is our home
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It was our forever |
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Don't mistake the blood
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We too are not innocent |
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Let us write our |
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My daughter now comes
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I answer with tear |
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Thus from the lips
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"My child this is not |
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As the clouds from |
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"My child God is crying, |
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"God is in our hearts, |
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Again from the lips
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Thus history with |
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History continues,
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"You laughed and played, |
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"No my child, it is not |
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"You see I've always
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"The winners write of the war, |
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History then concludes, |
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"So seek to know |
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"Thus you who read this
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"I am only a reflection |
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"Don't blame me,
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"Look around and understand |
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"If the harshness of this lesson
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"You asked, and now know. |
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Laughing and cackling history
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"Gone is the reason now," |
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"Where are you?"
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To seek to console, |
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For mother is a symbol
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He has learned |
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His cries will go unanswered
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The world will scream its indignation; |
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"mommy, mommy, MOMMY!" |
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