The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

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for those brutalized
for the blinded and terrorized prisoners of war
for those killed and wounded by IEDs
for those denied medical treatment
for those turned away from hospitals
for those abandoned in prisons
for those stoned to death
for the expelled
for those drowned at sea
for those slaughtered in war
for those called mad and hysteric
for those violated and abused
for those with hands open and arms raised
for those slaughtered in war and in peace
for those denied entrance and access
for those in slavery
for the child miners and soldiers
for those victims of the violence of guns
for those brutalized at the hands of others
for those dying from the commerce of drugs
for those of the severed tongues
for those beheaded in the villages destroyed
for the drowning human rivers
for those whose bodies were unfair game to all
for those killed in the line of duty
for those intentionally slaughtered
for those sexually humiliated and tortured
for those hunted down
for those homeless
for those killed in the name of medical research
for the unspeakable
for those dying of untreated disease
for those facing the barrel of a gun
for the victims of genocides everywhere
for those victims of gun violence
for those lost at sea
for those who could not get out of the way
for those who fight back screaming with rage
for those abandoned and grieving in wards
for those dying from chemistry
for those homeless dying of cancers
for those called and called out
for those without a human touch for years
for the screaming
for those dying from drugs and beatings
for those dying from violent diseases
for those whose bodies have been taken from them
for those beaten to death
for those electrically tortured
for those fallen from the sky
for those who have given up hope
for those who drowned in devastating floods
for the those murdered in cold blood
for those in jails and prisons
for those taken
for those dying in mines and factories
for those burned alive in the destruction of cities
for the fallen
for those with genitals tortured and mutilated
for those forced to dig their own graves
for those tortured
for the solitary confined
for those hacked to death
for those forced to kill
for those starving
for those with numbers on their arms
for those abandoned
for those shot
for those forbidden to self-murder
for those starving
for the forgotten
for those unaccounted-for
for the disappeared
for those burned alive in factories
for the suicides
for those crucified for playing soccer
for the unspeakable horrors
for the victims of rage
for those crushed
for those cannibalized
for the unacceptable dreams
for those dying on the roads and highways
for those whose villages have disappeared
for those slaughtered by inarticulate drones
for those burned alive in fires and floods
for those forced to dig the graves of others
for the mutilated
for those dying from spills and pollutions
for those of the severed arms and hands
for those living in the ruins of countries
for the expeditions which disappeared
for those killed on streetcorners or stairwells
for those set as examples
for those nameless wounded and slaughtered
for those killed by believers and non-believers
for those whose bodies grace the streets of cities
for those dying at the hands of others
for those torn apart and slaughtered
for the swallowed up
for those falling
for those unlisted
for those wounded and slaughtered by the hunters
for those traveling from country to any other
for those slaughtered by fire from above