Kamloops Children

These useless tears 

Flowing down these useless cheeks. 

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These useless hands 

These useless feet 

This useless mind 

That cannot change the river’s course. 

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This useless pain 

This useless scream

This wicked trick they play 

again. 

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This cruelty 

dressed in robes 

This ignorance 

posing as wisdom 

This vanity 

parading as righteousness 

This vile depravity 

stealing innocence with impunity. 

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These useless words.

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This big grave 

For so many little bodies.