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She Stands at Every Door - by Kathy Kelly

She Stands at Every Door - by Kathy Kelly: "Words to the song 'Little Girl of Hiroshima' are on my mind today, thinking of the Iraqi children who have not survived:
'I come and stand at every door
But none shall hear my silent tread
I knock and yet remain unseen
For I am dead, for I am dead.'
The song goes on to tell of a child who needs no bread, nor even wheat, milk, or water, for she is dead. She only asks for peace,
'So that the children of the world
can run and dance and laugh and play.'"

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