2004 — Most Philosophical 7th Grader in America:

Aidan Miolano, New Mexico

"Diffrent"

There cannot be a difference,
In
Anything you do
Or how you act
Or how you perceive
Our world.
Like these neighbors
I know who
No one likes
Because
They are gay.
Like the girl
I am friends with
Who
Everyone hates
Because
She has down sysndrome.
Or like the girl, I am
Who is not Christian.
Diffrent.
Because
We must control
We must be better than
We must be higher,
The girl
The men
Me
Are mistrusted
Hated
Alone.
Diffrent.
None can
Stand
On a
Field soaked in blood
And know
What is happening
And know who
Are the marionettes and who
Are the masters
They are eliminated,
destroyed.
Diffrent.
None can challenge
Challenge that concrete authority.
That authority that pushes
Us to hate
And notice
The flec of mud on the uniform
Of others
When ours
Are caked in blood.
Diffrent.
How can you resist
What you have grown up
Believing
What you have grown up fearing.
"War is good"
"War will bring peace"
"Kill those diffrent from us"
"Heretics"
"Devils"
Diffrent.
There is
No resistance
Strong enough
To help us
Think
With
The brains and hearts
We own
Our own.
It will not end until
None are left.
Diffrent.

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