The Criminals
‘tis easy to sit behind the wheel
and see your car bump
against some little creature.
Easier still is the feeling
of two more bumpers,
and two more later.
The easiest perhaps
is pressing the accelerator
ignoring the bloody scene
behind you left.
The Toddler Victim
An innocent two-year-old girl
lying still in a pool of blood
on the street
helpless, vulnerable.
No one cares.
A squirrel
crossing the street,
lying still in a pool of blood
on the street.
No one cares.
The Eighteen Passers-By
‘tis easy to mind your own business.
Time is running out;
life is short.
‘tis smarter not to get tangled
in street crimes like that.
Other busy squirrels
searching for food
never bother to stop by
their unfortunate fellow,
even for a sniff.
The Trash Collector
‘tis too difficult
to turn away
from the dying toddler
vulnerably lying still
in a pool of blood
on the street.
No one cares.
Hers-- a natural reaction:
“I just picked the girl up,
and called for help.
No calculation.”
Actually,‘tis more and more
difficult to be different
from others and from their ways
of thinking and behaving:
“Her reaction quite unnatural,
unless for fame and money.”
To the trash collector
‘tis poignantly heart-breaking
having to receive donations
from far-and-near donors.
Hers --"a natural reaction."
"No calculation"
over a helpless, dying toddler.
The trash collector finally
decided to leave the town
where the crime had happened,
and where she had been
a dedicated trash collector.
She returned to her poor village
where her miserable husband lived.
Never ever come back she will
to be tortured again
for her natural reaction
by such squirrel-like beings
so callously indifferent.
"Why is it so difficult
to do the right thing?"
asked the trash collector
her eyes full of tear
as she was leaving.
October 17, 2011
Based on a real story in South China. Two vans hit and ran over the toddler, who passed away after seven days in hospital.
Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JClGY1PJY-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZf3mj-0qWU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12vAaUMhcoU&NR=1
