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THE FACE OF GOD
After the terrible earthquake that devastated Equador in 1988, John Jackson, a photographer for an Indianapolis Indiana newspaper, went there to cover the story. When he saw the human suffering there, he wrote a poem entitled, “THE FACE OF GOD,” published in the October 10, 1988 issue of Monday Morning, Indianapolis, Indiana. The line was long
But moving briskly
And in that line
At the very end
Stood a young girl
About twelve years of age
She waited patiently
As those at the front
Of that long line
Received a little rice
Some canned goods
Or a little fruit
Slowly but surely
She was getting closer
To the front of that line
Closer to the food
From time to time
She would glance
Across the street
She did not notice
The growing concern
On the faces of those
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