{"id":26435,"date":"2022-08-29T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=26435"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:30:45","slug":"we-almost-lost-kiev-for-gil-scott-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=26435","title":{"rendered":"We Almost Lost Kiev (for Gil Scott Heron)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We Almost Lost Kiev (for Gil Scott Heron)<\/h2>\n
\n
They pass out iodine tablets<\/div>\n
As the people stand in lines<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

It inspires the children\u2019s questions<\/p><\/div>\n

(“What’s that?”)<\/div>\n
As mama swallows it and cries.<\/div>\n
\nBut no one stopped to think about the children
\nOr how they will survive.<\/div>\n
\nAnd we almost lost Kiev<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
But how will we ever get over
\nLosing our minds?<\/p>\n

Same country as Chernobyl<\/p><\/div>\n

Where we lost our minds one time.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Another power station<\/div>\n
Another inhuman crime.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Will they stop to think about the people?<\/div>\n
And how\u00a0they will survive.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And we almost lost Kiev<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
How will we ever get over<\/div>\n
Losing our minds?<\/div>\n
\nThe President of Ukraine
\nHas disasters on his mind.<\/div>\n
\nAnd what would Gil Scott Heron say to us?<\/div>\n
I mean\u2026<\/div>\n
\u2026If he were still alive.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
When it comes to global safety
\nMoney wins out every time.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And we almost lost Kiev<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Well how will we ever get over<\/div>\n
Losing our minds?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Already lost Fukushima<\/div>\n
one time.<\/div>\n
Odds are we\u2019ll lose again.<\/div>\n
Next time.<\/div>\n
Saw my mother\u2019s hair.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Long Silver strands of her hair.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Melting in the wind.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Too fragile to be touched.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Got me feeling blue.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Joni Mitchell Blue.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Yves Klein Blue.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Shadow black and blue.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Nagasaki shadows.<\/div>\n
This time.<\/div>\n
Still waiting for a Trane.<\/div>\n
This time<\/div>\n
Coltrane saw those shadows.<\/div>\n
One time.<\/div>\n
Called for A Love Supreme.<\/div>\n
That time.<\/div>\n
We \u00a0still lost\u00a0Chernobyl.<\/div>\n
One \u00a0time<\/div>\n
And Three Mile island.<\/div>\n
That time.<\/div>\n
Going to lose somewhere else.<\/div>\n
Next time.<\/div>\n
Lose someone else we love.<\/div>\n
Next\u00a0time.<\/div>\n
Didn\u2019t learn our lesson!<\/div>\n
Three times!<\/div>\n
Fourth time is the charm?<\/div>\n
Next time?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Well, how will we ever get over<\/div>\n
Losing our minds?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n
(By Heidi Lindemann and Michael Perry)<\/div>\n
(Image Credit 1: Dana Kavelina, “We are all tied now” (Exit to the Blind Spot Series) \/ Fridman Gallery<\/a>)<\/div>\n
(Image Credit 2: Dana Kavelina, “from the threads of silence a pullover for a soldier is sewn” (Exit to the Blind Spot Series) \/ Fridman Gallery<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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