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Fuser Poem
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War by William Beech
by Alex Black, age 8
The other kids were just like me, scared.
I was just a frightened child.
Mr Tom speaks harshly to me.
I was just a frightened child.
I'm scared of Mr Tom.
I was just a frightened child.
I don't think Mr Tom really likes me, he's just
doing it because he thinks he is meant to.
I was just a frightened child.
Everybody is laughing at me, I think.
I was just a frightened child.
I can't seem to make friends with anybody.
I was just a frightened child.
Nobody wants to be my friend, maybe I don't
know how to be a friend.
I was just a frightened child.
Everybody is peering over the fence saying
"You're one of those London kids".
I was just a frightened child.
I have never met such kindness in my life.
I was just a frightened child.
Mr Tom gives me my own bed, I have never
had a bed.
I was just a frightened child.
He feeds me bacon, bacon is just for special
people.
I was just a frightened child.
I am scared of cows, I don't like chickens.
I was just a frightened child.
Everybody is sort of laughing behind my back.
I was just a frightened child.
The war is strange, I have never heard the
sound of planes and guns before.
I was just a frightened child.
All of my history books and the radio say war
won't be declared for a second time.
I was just a frightened child.
Here I am evacuated, not knowing where I am.
I was just a frightened child.
Nobody has ever told me what war was like.
I am just a frightened child.
FUSE
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