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Verses On Five People Being Killed By A Falling Package Of Foreign Aid

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When God placed Man upon the earth In days of God knows when He said to love the Lord your God And love your fellow men It's safe enough to love the Lord In worship or in song The Lord your God is far away And very, very strong But he who loves his fellow man Must careful be, and agile For fellow men are very close And very, very fragile So Midgley, Marx, and Mao, and more All had their tale to tell They tried to help their fellow men And pushed them into Hell And Galton, Ehrlich, Robespierre Corbusier and Kipling All saw their actions ripple out And worsen in the rippling And every time you throw a coin Into a beggar's jar The coin could strike the beggar's face And leave him with a scar And every slice of bread you give To a child starved and broke Could lodge the wrong way in his throat And cause the kid to choke The best laid plans of mice and men Are oft unwisely laid And end with Palestinians Struck dead by falling aid When young, I learned philosophy At many a scholar's door And

Verses On Five People Being Killed By A Falling Package Of Foreign Aid ... Scott Alexander Mar 14, 2024 448 293 24 Share (inspired by Aid Airdrop Kills Five People In Gaza After Parachute Fails ) When God placed Man upon the earth In days of God knows when He said to love the Lord your God And love your fellow men It's safe enough to love the Lord In worship or in song The Lord your God is far away And very, very strong But he who loves his fellow man Must careful be, and agile For fellow men are very close And very, very fragile So Midgley, Marx, and Mao, and more All had their tale to tell T

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