<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521449" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Hamza al - Khatib</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hamza al-Khatib, <br>smiled sweetly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was he thinking of school<br>and soccer, or friends<br>waiting to play<br>when they caught him, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">roughly hauled him into their white van<br>took him to their station, and demanded<br>confession<br>from his glistening tears, <br>from his tender face flushed<br>with confusion and fear? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They would make of him<br>an example<br>of what happens to those<br>who pursue happiness<br>in Assad’s Syria.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But you, weeping parents, <br>you-tube us your tortured children’s<br>distorted faces, gaping chests<br>torn arms, dishonored genitals.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Show us how<br>Assad destroys your future.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O parents of Syria, rise up<br>and send Assad<br>to cower before heaven’s gate</div><div style="margin:10px 0">as Allah<br>gently cradles<br>your slaughtered<br>children.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</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=521449" data-title="Hamza al - Khatib de Steven Federle" data-description="Hamza al-Khatib, smiled sweetly. Was he thinking of school and soccer, or friends waiting to play when they caught him, roughly hauled him into their white van took him to their station, and demanded confession from his glistening tears, from..."></div> </div> </div>

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