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Kid in a Cart in Kosovo

by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

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Kid in a Cart in Kosovo

A Poem by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
 

After Kosovo war ethnic Romany's fled, only to return when the war was over. 11 years later they are still there. Its a UN camp. 89 at are dead from lead.
 

There's a kid in a cart in Kosovo
Asleep tonight in his bed
Such as it is in a refugee camp
That is poisoned by lead.
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Thursday 29th July 2010 9:12 pm

kosovo   kla   serb   roma   gypsy camp

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