Lawrence Hall
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A Single Tear from
a Child
“I respectfully return my ticket”
-Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov
Children
Are ill-prepared to fall into this world
Naked and cold and wet at birth, and then
Flung into a series of awkward situations
Many of them involving pain and fear
Children
Are ill-prepared to live within this world
Isolated from the stars and each other
Trying to fit mythologies in place
Maybe it’s that old Garden of Eden thing
Children
Are ill-prepared to leave this shadowy world
Unlike Ivan, though, they have kept their tickets
Respectfully
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