Sonia Nettnin Haiku: Rice in Middle East

Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:19 am
Opinion: Sonia Nettnin

Haiku: Rice in Middle East

Arab children cringe
no more guns need milk and bread
eyes flutter away

- by Sonia Nettnin

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