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There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow .
Mahatma Gandhi


After the Bomb Blast


Where is the cameraman’s face,
as he zooms in on the hungry bleeding child?
Is the small boy frightened of a creature
carrying a camera? Does that person
bring bread and bandages?

Then the camera moves to the next atrocity
and delivers sensationalist stories for the 6 o’clock news?

On the other side of the screen
viewers chew carryout pizza
and wait for the next commercial
to get more beer from the refrigerator.

Where is the cameraman’s face?
A minute-long film
can’t tell the full story. Somehow,
may the captured moment ignite help
and not more hunger and pain.



originally published in For a Better World 2024

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