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Faces of Children Looking Out
Inside this shadow of a room
live the eyes of a child
looking out through curtains
at a just discovered world
Inside this bearded pensioner
this housewife dusting
this wrinkled grandmother
in her rocker
These trudging, nameless
brown or yellow farmers
windswept salt encrusted sailors
miners breathing coal dust
all shadowy children
These children, nameless, waiting
split into a million futures
looking out through curtains
the planet whirling by outside
Its face
your face
my face
reflected on the misty window pane
© Johnmichael Simon
2012
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