David Welch

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

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Sabati was eight years old on the day
that his grandfather told him to sit down,
there was a story that he had to share,
that he was finally old enough now.
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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 April 2023

True fiction in epical spread, excellent story-poem, my great appreciation for your constant narrating in this epic fictional poem, my grand appreciative complement, David. Top Masrks! TFS

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Chinedu Dike 03 June 2022

An interesting but poignant story nicely put together.

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Please read my poem series "My Lai" on the My Lai massacre. And read "Mother Of Emmet Till" on the horrendous deeds on your own people.

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David Welch 03 June 2022

Find me a nation that hasn't scewed up at some point. Bride burning, treatment of untouchables, thuggi murders...we've all got plenty of blood in our history. No human escapes it.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 03 June 2022

Lovely........

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The poem tells us of the horror the US had done to Vietnam, Korea et al…, metaphorically?

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David Welch 03 June 2022

Nope, don't go searching for meanings to help your own beliefs, they're not there. It's simply a scifi tale that stresses the importance of gun ownership, somewhat inspired by the Khan character form Star Trek.

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LeeAnn Azzopardi 03 June 2022

Encore David Encore! ! ! !

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