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A man and his child were gunned down In my neighborhood today. My community did nothing - leaving the blood-soaked street as the only reminder of mankind’s capacity for violence. l did nothing except gnash my teeth at the ****** of a small child and wonder if l lived in the wrong neighborhood. l look at myself- the silence in the mirror reflects my face but not my hypocrisy nor the agony of my screaming heart.
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Dec 31, 2017
Dec 31, 2017 at 10:08 AM UTC
The Silence in the Mirror
A man and his child were gunned down In my neighborhood today. My community did nothing - leaving the blood-soaked street as the only reminder of mankind’s capacity for violence. l did nothing except gnash my teeth at the ****** of a small child and wonder if l lived in the wrong neighborhood. l look at myself- the silence in the mirror reflects my face but not my hypocrisy nor the agony of my screaming heart.
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Dec 31, 2017
Dec 31, 2017 at 10:08 AM UTC
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