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For Children Killed In A Smallpox Epidemic

When spring arrives
From every tree tip
Flowers will bloom,
But those children
Who fell with last autumn’s leaves
Will never return.

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  • frownsnfreckles
    October 26
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    collectively the blossom blooms and fades in an endless cycle, this is nature.
    Individually the children die and are mourned, this is the human condition.


  • rufina caraid Moderators member
    October 9, 2007

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    Life goes on in nature - the trees will bloom in the spring but the poor children won't.
    A simplistic comparison with a sad outcome.