OTTUMWA —
They call themselves
human being,
I call them man
and woman being
They are not humane ...
And I want no part of it,
The world demise.
It’s the hatred,
The Lies, The BLOODSHED,
The disguise.
It’s making me ill,
I want to gouge my eyes
to see no more tears —
Countless tears, it’s the
Wicked
And cruel beings.
Somedays
I cover my ears,
Not in disregard to
your nightmares,
No.
I cover my ears
to the sound of your pain,
As it becomes mine
And all I can hear,
And all I can feel
is the echo of endless screams
and sobbing,
the agony,
pure torture of thousands.
They walk this earth,
these beings,
They stomp on anyone in
their way, heartlessly.
They are merciless in
their quest,
this quest I call life
they call race.
Human. Race.
I have seen little
humanity in these beings.
They run to win,
I want to run to aid
the people who are
trampled upon,
by the masses of greedy,
selfish beings.
Life isn’t a race
to me it is Love.
This leave me
with one question.
Are you human?
Kandie Christy
Ottumwa
Letters to the Editor
January 12, 2013
‘The Race’
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- Pay attention to safety concerns Time to make Ottumwa a quiet zone for trains, it would make for safer crossings that cannot be driven around when the arms are down. Then they can also concentrate on that instead of changing all of the traffic flow at Evans Middle School, opening cl
- Injuries to infants, children can be prevented In the April 25 Courier, there were two stories of very young children who may have been severely harmed by a caretaker. We only know the circumstances revealed by the media, but our community has heard of these tragedies before. Only about 2 percent
- Church extends a heartfelt thanks As I sit here in my office that still smells of smoke from the fire our church suffered this past week, I remind myself how fortunate we are to be in a city where people still watch out for one another, and we, the members of the First Church of God,
- Program helps new parents In light of recent developments, I would like to increase the public's awareness of the NEST Program available through our Wapello County Extension and Outreach at 214 E. Main St. This program is available for parents of newborns through age 5, as we
- One giant mud hole to China Once upon a time, long, long ago, the neighbor kids and I used to like to dig in the ditch after a nice rain and make mud pies. We’d squat beside our hole in the ground with our long-handled spoons and take turns digging and filling our muffin pans
- Superintendent says 'thank you' May is School Board Appreciation Month. Today, the district held its Staff Appreciation and Teacher of the Year Breakfast, and last week was the Faculty Follies program organized by the Education Foundation for Fairfield Public Schools. I am full of
- Address mental health concerns for veterans Memorial Day will soon be here and we will pay tribute to our deceased loved ones. This Memorial Day, let's pay special tribute to our deceased veterans — like my dad — Don Butts, who served in World War II (Battle of the Bulge — one of the worst bat
- It's the death of a republic It's the death of a republic Our first president -- and founding father -- once said during his administration that "at best, government is a fearful master; at worst, it is a consuming fire." During the later 20th century, the number of defenseles
- Judicial system is out of whack
- LWV responds to letter The League of Women Voters — Ottumwa would like to respond to a recent letter to the editor. We will explain more about our forums that we co-host with the Chamber of Commerce every spring, specifically regarding the issue of asking Curt Hanson to
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