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David B. Axelrod |
 (1976)
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Once In A While A Protest Poem |
Over and over again the papers print the dried-out tit of an African woman holding her starving child. Over and over, cropping it each time to one prominent, withered tit, the feeble infant face. Over and over to toughen us, teach us to ignore the foam turned dusty powder on the infantīs lips, the motherīs sunken face (is cropped) and filthy dress. The tit remains; the tit held out for everyone to see, reminding us only that we are not so hungry ogling the tit, admiring it and in our living rooms, making it a symbol of starving millions; our sympathy as real as silicone. |
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