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Toomey, Robert G., 1928-2005 / Family reunion: reflections carved in sand and stone
(2006)
No one slept that nite, p. 34
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No ONE SLEPT THAT NITE No one slept that nite The children wept when told Their parent died that day. I thought: "Stiff upper lip," "Take it on the chin" "Shout above the din." I did none of this, of course. Bombs fell with blinding consistency. And falling, day and nite blinded me. Fire destroyed the church, The blaze was deafening The city half-destroyed By forces from hell, sleepless. Workers, unemployed Children-hungry, starved Waiting for a parent To come and save them from death And the body of this world. March 23, 2005 34
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