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lunch time
Contributed by
Jan_Oskar_Hansen
on
Wednesday, 19th February 2003 @ 07:20:00 AM in AEST
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Lunch In a Caf
Sat with my back to the TV in the scruffy caf,
that serves good food and has a clean kitchen,
having my lunch. In front of me a group of men
lunching too while watching the news.
Didnt have to turn and look knew it would be
tanks lumbering about in the sand and soldiers,
in newly laundered combat fatigue looking
impossible clean but their guns are real.
A Washington politician spoke about democracy
with missionary zeal, why war was necessary and
discrediting peace marchers into silence, the caf
audience looked bored, more tanks and guns please.
A man had shotgun killed his wife in a jealous fit,
she liked to go dancing, the caf audience laughed.
I wondered if he sat in his cell now holding onto his
rage protecting himself from the horror of his action.
When serious men in suits sat around a table talking
about a war people dont want but find their protest
democratically ignored it was time for coffee, yawn, smoke cigarettes and idly talk about work.
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2003-02-19 07:20:00]
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Re: lunch time
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 2nd March 2003 @ 11:30:41 PM AEST
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Re: lunch time
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by Mad-Mancunian on
Friday, 14th March 2003 @ 08:57:46 AM AEST
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| mmmmm that's a very very sharp critique. |
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