<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=450274" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Times</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">it is hard to remain human on a day<br>when birds perch weeping<br>in the trees and the squirrel eyes<br>do not look away but the dog ones do<br>in pity.<br>another child has killed a child <br>and i catch myself relieved that they are<br>white and i might understand except<br>that i am tired of understanding.<br>if this<br>alphabet could speak its own tongue<br>it would be all symbol surely;<br>the cat would hunch across the long table<br>and that would mean time is catching up,<br>and the spindle fish would run to ground<br>and that would mean the end is coming<br>and the grains of dust would gather themselves<br>along the streets and spell out:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">these too are your children this too is your child</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lucille+Clifton">Lucille Clifton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=450274" data-title="The Times de Lucille Clifton" data-description="it is hard to remain human on a day when birds perch weeping in the trees and the squirrel eyes do not look away but the dog ones do in pity. another child has killed a child and i catch myself relieved that they are white and i might understand ..."></div> </div> </div>

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