May 15, 2008

in eastern bagdad
a U.S. airstrike
killed
three iraqi boys
looking through trash
for something
to sell
it is global day
in darfur
bodies pile up
250,000
the torch
passed through
the Sudan
a genocide Olympic flame
will burn in China
celebrities will protest
on CNN
and
another year
will pass

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