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 </div><p></p>Mama,<br>
Have you seen your children<br>
Scattered all around<br>
Like sheep without a shepherd?
<p>Have you seen them<br>
Been dispersed like dry pollen grains<br>
In the hands of strangers<br>
Who feed on their sweaty toils?</p>
<p>Have you also heard of<br>
How they were being confiscated<br>
Of their possessed possessions<br>
With no judge of judgement?</p>
<p>See Mama,<br>
The reality of retrogression<br>
Is all around your children<br>
Like a mistletoe on an oak.</p>
<p>They wander amidst flowing rivers<br>
But still wash their hands with saliva<br>
In fact, they struggle for crumbs<br>
In the midst of Christmas waste.</p>
<p>But why? Mama, why?<br>
Why have you left your children?<br>
Why have you abandoned them<br>
To groan and moan in despair?</p>
<p>You see Mama,<br>
The sweet rain of life<br>
That flows in your succulent breasts<br>
Was once suckled by these children.</p>
<p>So tell me Mama<br>
How long shall they live in pain?<br>
How long shall they be in disdain?<br>
How long? Mama, how long?</p>
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