=========================================================================== BBS: The VioComm Information Network Date: 07-06-96 (08:02) Number: 159 From: CYBORG Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: Forgotten Conf: (53) Poetry --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A World of Numbers Number are something without meaning They are merely statistics Hundreds, thousands, millions, billions It's not real to us Whether it's life or death Hundreds of thousands die It doesn't happen here It happens in Somalia Or Bosnia Or Chechnya Or some far off place It's not real to us Millions live horribly It doesn't happen here It happens in Africa Or Vietnam Or Venezuela It's not real to us