The Shortest Story
THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE...
Harry Chapin
Originally found on album Harry Chapin Live, 1975.
The Shortest Story
I am born today...
the sun burns its promise
in my eyes...
mama strikes me
and I draw a breath and cry...
above me a cloud
softly tumbles through the sky...
I am glad to be alive...
it is my seventh day...
I taste the hunger
and I cry...
my brother and sister
cling to Mama's side...
she squeezes her breast,
but it has nothing to provide...
someone weeps...
I fall asleep...
it is twenty days today...
mama does not hold me
anymore...
I open my mouth
but I am too weak to cry...
above me a bird
slowly crawls across the sky...
why is there nothing
now
to do
but die?
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