Sunday, December 9, 2012

It's Dangerous to Read Newspapers


It’s Dangerous to Read Newspapers

By Stephanie Batts


While I lay in my bed peacefully,
It is developing into a deadly hurricane

And then as my alarm goes off,
The alarm to evacuate is sent out

I rise out of bed and think what I am going to wear today,
When many are awoken by water flooding their bedrooms.

As I brush my teeth, I smell my mother cooking bacon and eggs;
They smell the smell of death

Many left with no electricity,
While I don’t even give a thought that I left a light on

How guilty I should feel,
But am too busy to give a thought

The pictures of little kids starving
Makes me feel awful

And as I look away I think,
It’s dangerous to read newspapers



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