Tuesday, 30 June 2026
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    Wanna Be A Human?

    Wanna be a human?
    In this world where
    One percent rules
    over ninety percent of
    the other seven billion.

    Wanna be a human?
    where sub-humans kill
    hundreds of thousands of children,
    by bombings, bullets, and hunger,
    Nothing to say about the other millions.

    Wanna be a human?
    Where the poor are kept
    in the bondage of poverty
    backwardness, disease,
    and illiteracy, for ages.

    Wanna be a human?
    Oh, no, I would rather
    Grow hair all over my body,
    and a long tail hanging behind.
    And will live forever in a tree
    Screaming with glee,
    telling all who could see.
    See, I am free, free.