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May 16, 2008

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Something very bad has happened very quietly.

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On the other side of the world, 100,000 (people) were washed away or taken by the ground.

Would you believe me if I told you this?

If each one left 10 behind, 1,000,000 (people) sink their feet into puddles, wishing they were taken.

100,000 more pick through broken houses, separating bits of person from bits of cinderblock.

Over there, the world has ended in a wave of storm and dust and grief and anger. But the wave can’t even sink a paper boat, by the time it gets here.

It’s impossible to hear, over oceans, when someone’s child stops crying.

Posted by: Meowbag at May 16, 2008 11:47 AM · Permalink