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Catastrophe in Nice

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On a Bastille Day evening 2016

Carnage was cruelly committed

On a scale never before seen

Along the Promenade des Anglais

Celebrations of freedom and liberation

Turned into a bloodbath by evil unforeseen

Families torn apart and children slaughtered

In the name of a warped Islamic dream

A nation once again is in mourning

Our solidarity and support must be seen

Sing proudly with a heavy heart La Marseillaise

Liberty equality and fraternity will live on

Give peace a chance – Vive la France

◄ Glasnevin Reminiscing

Wispa R.I.P. ►

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Tom Doolan

Sat 23rd Jul 2016 15:34

Hi John - We could do with some of Voltaires wisdom in these dark days. The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

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John Marks

Fri 22nd Jul 2016 00:30

such catastrophes are beyond words but your poem comes close Vive Voltaire!!

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. Voltaire

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