The End
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Chris Gourlay, Grade 7, Arrowtown School
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Poetry
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2000
3rd in the 'Watch Out! 2000' competition
Children playing, happy, wilful. Unknowing of hate.
Being drawn into a net of doom. Parents imposing laws.
The plane roars over.
Sirens sound. Usual drill. Run inside, to safety. Playing.
Parents eating, talking, thinking. Sipping drinks of doom.
The parcel drops.
Siren stops. People appear from deep caverns, hand in hand.
Unaware of evil falling. Unprepared for destiny.
The parcel lands.
Silence. Love has been betrayed.
The end has come.