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The Other News

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Yet there were

Earthquakes

In Afghanistan

Thousands died

First aid

And reconstruction

In rapid action

So wide to bear

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We must put this in our heads

Because

The news is dire

Elsewhere

Like 9/11

And what happened anywhere

Save in New York

Pennsylvania

And Washington, D.C.

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But this is dire

Sisters

And this requires response

Brothers

From the healthy

Those with jobs

So much material

And money

Those who can volunteer

Exigent skills

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MSF is there

Unless politics gets in the way

Also the Red Crescent

And all the groups that monitor

And respond

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Then in time

We have to contemplate

How to keep things

Such as quakes like this

Tsunamis and eruptions

Elsewhere

From happening

Though we’re better at

The monitoring

At least

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And prevention

Might affect

A war as well

From happening

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And what else

Is happening

Out there

Let’s find out

Please

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