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29 Child Soldiers It is horror that I see in Africa and beyond In Iraq And Afghanistan Incredible recipe of all disasters The unimaginable The unthinkable Child soldiers In their teens I see With AK 47 on their shoulders They know what it means to kill They are even thirsty for human blood Child soldiers They fight fiercely all day long Their bodies under the influence of deadly suruma drug They burn houses like they burn grass in the forest They kill people like they slaughter chicken on a wedding day Ask them one question: ‘What are you fighting for?’ They know not what For they never learnt what peace is all about Their upbringing was misguided By abject imbecility flaunted in falsity and treachery They never learnt what it means to love others 30 They never learnt what it means to do justice Their minds too young to understand they are being used I blame the elders Child soldiers Their task they execute without questioning They fight without asking why They kill without asking why They burn without asking why For their minds are too young to understand the perils of war I protest On behalf of my brothers and sisters in war ...

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