Glazing eyes and hungry crys will soon
say goodbye to their oldest child
Her family will now eat on the promises of lies
Alluring her with gifts she never seen in her lifeInsanity spits in humanitys eyes
Filled with false hope for the sake of their childAnd a nine year old girl ties her pretty new shoes,
Then takes the hand of this devil in a suit,
Confused by the smile on his face, so absaluteAs they walk away into a world so vile and depraved
She looks back at her mother, trying to remember her face
As she, this precious, once wild eyed child
Finds herself in a world of pain and defiled
From devils that prey on, in a way,she never should have to feel
Killing that gentle soul, hardening her eyes each daydealing with devil hands taking its toll
Molding her dreams of freedom to cold derision
Crying inside about her parents decision
Wishing they would come to take her home
Feeling the cruel eyes burning through, all alone
As she is forced to sewing a countless number of things
20 hour days and 2 minute breaks,just enough time to breath in, and her soul, it stopped singing
As the ringing of the machines is all she now hears
Sleeping in fear of devils on the prowl of her and her peers
Safety not a word known by her any more
Now 12 years old, hands broken down, heart black to the core
Thinking to herself, I don't want to live anymore
And the world wears the jeans, rings, belts and things
She made countless times with her tiny little hands
Demanding race of nameless faces hording her spirit
Buying jeans for more then she'll ever see in her life
Strife is as killing as a sharp edged knife
No one at all, to hold her hand and let her knowshe's still alive and matters most
As humanity forgot these children, who are ghosts
Please, help bring the devils who host these operationsthat gross over 5,000,000,000 at the most
Every year, lives are taken away and sold like a trophy
You devils beware, you don't want to know me
Gods of industry, you better pray you never see me
I'll burn you alive at the stake of your sins
Crush you like the fucking maggots you are
Bury you alive in that hundred thousand dollar car
And free all the child taking as a slave
I'll try to save them all before I'm in the grave
Take'em all by the hand and let them understandthat you are not forgotten by me
And give them back their precious freedom
And I would if I could take them all back to their homes
Write each and everyone of them a poem
Let them know their not alone
Make amends for the hurt those motherfuckers did to them
All human beings are not that cruel and depraved
Someone better do something now, they need to be saved
Author notes
Trafficing humans
A contest entry
- World Awareness PIF Contest. 15/100 by Griswold.
800 points, ended October 13, 2007, 13 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Excellent / Important / Well Written
Have no trouble understanding this poem. A horrific practice. Agree with the strength of your feelings against it.
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Amazing!!
I really loved this. It never lost my attention and it had a great flow. I hope to read more of your work. You are a great writter. By the way...I love slayer too!!!!!!!!!
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Which country are you bravely taking on? China maybe?
Remember no one wanted to fight communism in Vietnam and our pharmaceutical companies are moving there now to take lives and make money. Our FDA is on the take so badly. Since 2000 they have proscecuted no one and look at all the drug mistakes faulty heart defib implants it is a mess so now they want to move to China so no one will be watching them.
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I think the gold
tells it all excellent write once again dear poet
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This is a really revealing write, and your stucture is really good. Well done.
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Yes, your premise is right on ...
although as an Editor, I cringed at the errors in this. However I am overlooking those since what you've said is completely correct. This is part of a column I found on this online:
Now visit the beautiful tropical islands described by disgraced House Majority Leader Tom Delay as "a perfect petri dish of capitalism." What's so perfect about Saipan and the other 13 Northern Mariana Islands? Primarily this: items produced there can carry the label "Made in USA" and be sold in the U.S. without tariffs or quotas, but the scandalously low U.S. minimum wage does not apply, and the pathetically minimal rights of immigrants and workers in the U.S. do not apply. There are no labor unions. Any worker can be terminated and deported at any time for no cause.
The workers, mostly Chinese women, sew clothing for J. Jill, Elie Tahari, Ann Taylor, Liz Claiborne, The Gap, and Ralph Lauren, among others. They pay so much money to obtain work and for shelter and food, that they can labor for a decade and still not pay it back. They serve, therefore, as indentured servants, sharing rooms and beds, lacking health care, and working extra unpaid hours for the reward of being permitted to also work paid overtime. Pregnancy is unacceptable, costs of it not covered, and amateur abortion encouraged.
The island of Saipan does great business in prostitution for Asian businessmen and American soldiers. Approximately 90 percent of the prostitutes are former Chinese garment workers. Others had been recruited for jobs like waitressing but were forced into prostitution instead.
Over the past decade, 29 bills in Congress have sought to apply a minimum wage standard and/or immigration law to the Mariana Islands or to deny use of "Made in USA" to items produced there. Every one of these bills has failed. Some have won support in the Senate but been blocked by the House Resources Committee. Others have won the support of a majority of House Members but still been killed in that same committee.
Guess who earned $11 million in fees from the Marianas government and garment manufacturers? A fellow by the name of Jack Abramoff.
The chair of the House Resources Committee is Pombo. A former member of that committee who was part of a Congressional fact finding mission to the Marianas that found no facts, a man whom Abramoff called the islands' hero, is Doolittle.
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It's pathetic, but so far, nothing seems to have been done about this horrific situation.
It's good that you've decided to write about it. Sadly, many won't read what you write because of the errors in the writing itself. If you sent this to your Congressman, he'd glance at it, see the errors and toss it. Too bad since you do have a valid subject and viewpoint.
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wow the poem itself is amazing then when you read the rest of it,it grabs you and pull at your heart your use of words are impeckable you really are an artist with words i hope to be half as good with my own writing
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Insanity spits in humanitys eyes ....
hey you have something truly significant to say here. You have gone to the dpeths of the subject matter. I like the way you make use ofwords, have a perfect control over them, to say what you really feel. Congrats, and best regards
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This is heartfelt throughout the world. Your passion is riveting!!!
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HOLY SHIITE
Wow !! what a write. I love the way you put the rest of the poem in the authors notes. Never saw that done before and i wouldn't have thought to do it, so thanx. I really think the best parts of the poem are AFTER the first 100 words anyways. YOu wrote this with a lot of passion,emotion, and seemingly anger. Write on wood !!!!!
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This is very well done, This kind of abuse is insane and inhuman. The almighty dollar at work in the World, this happens everywhere. I almost thought this was my AP wifes piece because she continues her poems on in the author notes and rhymes and writes very much like you do. She feels this exact way, as do I, on this matter. Thank you for entering this piece and helping to spread the word...Scott
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCk, Dave, This is so powerful, and I know you so well, I know you mean every word of it...my piece doesn't even compare, so Im pulling it from this contest....ILY,
BTW, have you called Momma lately?
She's been missing you...
Behave,
Jin
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Very thought provoking.
This is one of the hardest things that some children have to go through. There are so many people that let evil dictate to them the vilest things they can do especially to children. It is because the children have no one to help them and are not able to help themselves. We as adults need to speak up as you have done, and let the world know that there are those who recognize what is being done. We need to find a way to help. I do not usually do this but after reading your page and this I think you might like to read a poem of mine.It is about a child. I think that you are a very compassinate person and care about children. This is very well written.
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Thank you, and yes it was very hard to start it, but when I started it, I could'nt put the pen down. It seems people just don't want to bring out issues that envolve children, and it is in my opinion, that they won't bring it up, simply because they don't know how to fix it, and even more, they are afraid to believe that these horrors can be true, cause the government forces thought on their people to suede them otherwise, simply because of the almighty dollar. Knowing that these slave labarers are the backbone of the Fortune Five Hundred companies, that are in fact the REAL rulers of the world.........
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material things, but, thats what parents think now, the new shoes , were they needed or just bought because we give in to our childrens whims , good poem with family matters in mind. paula buckenha
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Sorry, but I can't help it. Do you even know what this is about..................
This poem is about forced child labar. If you would have read the auther notes, you would have gotten a better understanding of what was even said. I am not trying to be rude. This is a very serious matter.
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what a gut wrenching write-and one I applaud you for writing. More people must speak up against the vile trade of human trafficking-our politicians need to get real and deal with the real humanitarian issues affecting millions accross the globe. Bravo for such a strong heartfelt write about such a difficult heartbreaking topic.
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Wow ! !
Awesome write indeed
I applaude you for speaking out for these poor children who have no voice of their own to cry out for help 
I wish you well in this contest 
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This is the first time I have ever seen a piece that the actual poem was shorter than the author's notes. But yeah anyways... very intense and emotional... good luck in the contest.
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Yes, well this is for a contest, and there is a word limit of 100 words, and I had to get more of the point across so I wrote more in the auther notes.
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Wow. this is one of the most intense things i have ever read. sorry i didn't get to it sooner but you know Mooma is always getting distracted this is such a sad fact on the world that this is done to these innocent children and they have nobody there to protect them from this and their parents are led to believe the lies that the children will have a better life only to find the sad facts of the reality later learned.
i feel your anger and frustration in the continuance of this write and my heart bleeds with yours. this is so sad but so well expressed. i see your eyes are open to many things now, things i wouldn't have imagined. best of luck in the contest. be well and be blessed
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