THE LESS

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ANOTHER MORNING
I HAD TO VISIT MY FATHER
I HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR YEARS

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME
FROM SCHOOL FOR THE MIDTERM BREAK
THE DAY WAS BRIGHT EVERYTHING WAS
TILL YOU CAME
I DO NOT BLAME YOU FOR POURING DOWN

I BLAME MYSELF AND MY FELLOW TOWNSMEN FOR
THE POOR CONSTRUCTION WORKDONE
THE POOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM
I HAD NOTHING TO SAY THAN CRY

THEN IT HAPPENED
YOU SHOWED ALL OFF US
GREATLY

JUST LIKE A DREAM
THEN SUDDENLY I HEARD SCREAMS
NONE OTHER THAN MY FATHER'S
NEIGHBOURHOOD!

BUT I WOULD NOT BEGIN TO NARRATE
BECAUSE THAT DAY HMMM
A BLACK WEDNESDAY
SEVERAL CITIZENS DIED

CHILDREN, HUSBANDS, MOTHERS, VENDORS
THE FATHERS I WOULDN'T BORE YOU
WITH MY TEARS BUT
I HOPE YOU CONSIDER
IT WAS SAD AND I'M STILL MOURNING
BUT I CANNOT OVER LOOK THE WHAT NEXT?
WHAT HAS CHANGED?

PEOPLE KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT'S SILENCE
BUT I DECIDE ASK EVERY CITIZEN
WHAT IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION?

THE LESS OCCURRED
BUT THE WORSE IS GONE
WE NOW STAND TO PREVENT
THE WORST UNTIL WE BECOME THE LESS
WE WOULD FIND THE LESS
                              
                                    by Evelyn The Piper

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