Listen Carefully
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If you listen carefully
You can hear the world
Screaming quietly
In your ear
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.
Honey on 02/05/2006 8 a.m. #
<br />
Who Will Remember My Sister's Name<br />
<br />
I lie upon the deck<br />
In my island paradise<br />
Clean green treetops<br />
Contrast pristine skies<br />
Clear turquoise water<br />
Laps at white sanded dunes<br />
Birds sing to each other<br />
Their lazy summer tunes<br />
I see that Iâm in heaven<br />
When all this I behold<br />
As I bathe in the sunâs rays<br />
That turn warm skin to gold<br />
<br />
Yet I know that this same sun<br />
Burns down upon scorched land<br />
Where my sister holds her baby<br />
In her weak withered hands<br />
Numbered with the masses<br />
Of those starving by the score<br />
The innocent victims <br />
Of drought, disease and war<br />
Living in grave yards<br />
Where life is of no worth<br />
And the names of the living<br />
Have been erased from off the earth<br />
<br />
What hope does she have<br />
To know rest without cause<br />
To indulge in my leisure<br />
To sit upon my shores<br />
To share in food a plenty<br />
That hangs abundantly from trees<br />
Or drink from mineral creeks<br />
Flowing to the seas<br />
Imprisoned by this guilt<br />
That turns my paradise to hell<br />
When I point finger at bureaucracy<br />
As conscience screams âIt starts with selfâ<br />