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War is not a Play
New York César Chelala
As bullets and missiles
rain down on innocent people
who eat dinner and watch the latest news,
numbed by tragedy
we become painfully aware that
war is not a play.
War is carnage, brutality and destruction.
War is lost lives of women, children
and the most defenseless.
War is the killing and maiming soldiers
who are not guilty
of the perverse political games of their leaders.
War is millions of displaced people
and children denied a healthy future.
War is the fattening of the rich
and making poorer the poorest among us.
War is those hurt by a merciless fate.
War is the darkening of the skies
that should be sunny for all.
War is all this and even more.
War is a devastation that defies words.
Illustrated by Paola Bilancieri
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