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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

12.2

by Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote






I do believe in spooks
Invisible to bloodshot barenaked eyeball
Ignorance prejudiced bias accepted dogma
Gut inclination not proof enough

Dybbuk casting creepy-crawly demonic spell
Displaced castoffs drowned at sea
Hopeless strangers in strange land
Unwelcome foreign aliens begrudged handouts

Vulnerable orphans arriving without parents
Lost generation challenge staying alive
Every child matters deserving respectful
Dignity rehab to break out

Homeless adolescents deprived of childhood
Poverty-stricken hungry for kindness recognition
Maybe expectations improbably not self-taught
Learning iffy makeshift life lessons

Leaky drowning pool victims struggling
To stay afloat overburdened lifeguard
Ignoring desperate cries for Help
Choking on own regurgitated vomit

I do believe in ghosts
Making difference for haunted dispossessed
12.2 million Syrian refugees in
Urgent need of Ouija support


http://www.humancaresyria.org/


No Holds Bard Dr. Charles Frederickson and Mr. Saknarin Chinayote proudly present YouTube mini-movies @ YouTube – CharlesThai1