Monday, March 15, 2010

Children of Haiti (Triple Haiku)

Children of Haiti (Triple Haiku)

Children of Haiti
eat dirt with swollen fingers
shivering ashes.

TV preachers talk
lies like lava run uphill
I step over it.

Schools destroyed here
children work the dark corners
why do we wait, please?

Gary Percesepe
Dayton, OH
United Church of Christ