October 27, 2024 Length:101 words

Summary: Poem that portrays the harsh realities faced by children in Tehran and Gaza. — Editors

Crossroads in Tehran

This crowded and polluted city

Working children wait for a red light

To clean a car window

Baluchi student runs 12 kilometers barefoot

So that maybe a shoe will win a prize

A Palestinian girl in Gaza carries her wounded little sister on her shoulders

Other Children in Gaza

Among the ruins left by the Israeli bombardment

In Search of Bread

The roar of Israeli bombers no longer scares Gaza’s children

Because there is no roof left to collapse

Now the main concern of the children of Gaza is bread

Just like child laborers in the streets of Tehran

2 Comments

Sam Friedman on November 3, 2024 at 8:05 am

A haunting poem. And so evocative of so much else of the world.

Thank you!
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Alireza Kia on November 11, 2024 at 2:36 pm

This poem correctly presents the reality of the lives of hungry children in the streets of Tehran, Baloch children in bad conditions and hungry children in the ruins of Gaza. Yes, it is painful that we see it, what is more painful is that the leaders of reactionary and genocidal capitalist powers continue their killing and genocide, but it is more painful that a large part of the masses respond positively to the existing message of neo-fascism. Fighting against today’s neo-fascism and defense of freedom and the right to life of children and humans is our urgent task.
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Sam Friedman on November 3, 2024 at 8:05 am

A haunting poem. And so evocative of so much else of the world.

Thank you!
Reply
Alireza Kia on November 11, 2024 at 2:36 pm

This poem correctly presents the reality of the lives of hungry children in the streets of Tehran, Baloch children in bad conditions and hungry children in the ruins of Gaza. Yes, it is painful that we see it, what is more painful is that the leaders of reactionary and genocidal capitalist powers continue their killing and genocide, but it is more painful that a large part of the masses respond positively to the existing message of neo-fascism. Fighting against today’s neo-fascism and defense of freedom and the right to life of children and humans is our urgent task.
Reply