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It is Dangerous to Read NewspapersWhile I was building neatcastles in the sandbox,the hasty pits werefilling with bulldozed corpsesand as I walked to the schoolwashed and combed, my feetstepping on the cracks in the cementdetonated red bombs.Now I am grownupand literate, and I sit in my chairas quietly as a fuseand the jungles are flaming, the underbrush is charged with soldiers,the names on the difficultmaps go up in smoke.I am the cause, I am a stockpile of chemicaltoys, my bodyis a deadly gadget,I reach out in love, my hands are guns,my good intentions are completely lethal.Even mypassive eyes transmuteeverything I look at to the pockedblack and white of a war photo,howcan I stop myselfIt is dangerous to read newspapers.Each time I hit a keyon my electric typewriter,speaking of peaceful treesanother village explodes.
― Margaret Atwood

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