<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545577" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Are the Children Alright</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the root zone<br>The children are camouflaged<br>In the zone of the sun’s light<br>The children are building industries<br>In the zone of bones<br>The children are mining their flesh<br>So full of sorrow for the fathers<br>Whose ignorance has spent <br>The strength of their muscles<br>On the wages paid beneath<br>The shadow of commerce<br>In the war zone<br>The children are catching bomb<br>With their skin and they dream<br>Of how with ease is dying done<br>In the zone of the moment<br>The children are counting<br>The thin dogs running wild<br>In the wilderness on the out skirt of town<br>In the comfort zone<br>The children are cautious<br>Of fathers who whisper<br>Familiarity of the beauty sons<br>In the zone of disbelief<br>The children are straining<br>To hear the echo of a mystery<br>Told about the current constellations<br>When the children were gathering<br>In squalor beneath the journey <br>That has taken control of them<br>As an unsettled melody<br>In the zone of the market place<br>The children are faceless laborers<br>Fearless and faultless of the wars <br>For food we wage<br>In the zone of hunger<br>The children are bloated<br>To their bones<br>Their skin drapes<br>The flies drink from their eyes<br>In the zone of urgency<br>The children are baring weapons<br>At sunrise and putting on<br>A grown up’s uniforms</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+E.+Patton">David E. Patton</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=545577" data-title="Are the Children Alright de David E. Patton" data-description="In the root zone The children are camouflaged In the zone of the sun’s light The children are building industries In the zone of bones The children are mining their flesh So full of sorrow for the fathers Whose ignorance has spent The strength ..."></div> </div> </div>

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