my little brother / has elated innocence / over the bullet proof backpacks / asking questions / thinking they are for / battles where good always wins / not to take to school / to protect him / since our own government cannot /he is a little boy / who plays with plastic toy soldiers / because he does not yet know / that the war is now in his classroom / not somewhere else.
Perfectly Imperfect Me 
A sad truth! Children have to grow up fast, to be ready to face evil. We adults cannot yet comprehend that …
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