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< 9/11 >
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grief
cannot be compared
9/11 is a spectacle
created for sensation
for news
for votes
for money
for control...
the dead
may rest
the living
may mourn
but the profit
WILL
be made
- - -
older version just for comparison:
< 9/11 >
somewhere in the world
a mother watches her children starve to death
or
she gets a call:
dead
in a car
a hospital
the Trade Center
Afghanistan...
grief
cannot be compared
9/11 is a spectacle
created for sensation
for news
for votes
for money
for control...
the dead
may rest
the living
may mourn
but the profit
WILL
be made
- - -
grief
cannot be compared
9/11 is a spectacle
created for sensation
for news
for votes
for money
for control...
the dead
may rest
the living
may mourn
but the profit
WILL
be made
- - -
older version just for comparison:
< 9/11 >
somewhere in the world
a mother watches her children starve to death
or
she gets a call:
dead
in a car
a hospital
the Trade Center
Afghanistan...
grief
cannot be compared
9/11 is a spectacle
created for sensation
for news
for votes
for money
for control...
the dead
may rest
the living
may mourn
but the profit
WILL
be made
- - -
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