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dear Child

Tell me

those dogs

lying on the lawns

of the sprawling

mall

who the fat man

munching on meat

refused

to feed

those dogs

you fed meat

why?

She commands

because

it

is theirs Ma

meat

is Their food..

Ma

Child tell me..

would you

eat

from the same

plates..

you offered them?

Yes Ma. i hear

me say

Oh..and would

you drink the same

water

as they do?

Yes. Ma. i hear

again

And Why Child..

would you

do

so?

She demands

‘because…’

i hear the voice

struggling through

the ocean..

of salt water

without a boat

the voice

that can’t make it

and drowns

in the throat

to my relief

it shows

in the dog’s eyes

that gleams moist..

it says..

Because…

You

are our Mother