{"id":12768,"date":"2016-12-24T23:07:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T23:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12768"},"modified":"2016-12-24T23:07:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T23:07:50","slug":"dead-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12768","title":{"rendered":"DEAD STONES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>This piece is dedicated to all the victims of senseless cruel violence and their families, who had to suffer untold agonies because of the horrific circumstances surrounding their loved ones demise.<br \/>\nEach day we&#8217;re assailed by news about the lose of a fellow human being, by the hands of other human beings(?)<br \/>\nWhere is the justification for this?<br \/>\nWhen can loved ones go out without fear for their safety by those left at home? Who is safe? Where is safe? When will this sacrilege stop???????<\/p>\n<p>DEAD STONES<\/p>\n<p>Deaf stones dead, work up to a frenzy<br \/>\nHate and spite that shame the devil&#8217;s vile<br \/>\nAnd make a saint of this known evil<\/p>\n<p>A circle of hounds palpitates for human blood<br \/>\nTheir sickening sense of smell sniff out a victim<br \/>\nAnother sacrifice to the concocted altar<\/p>\n<p>As entreating pleas rise up to sneering ears<br \/>\nBloodstained limbs splay in helpless agony<br \/>\nWrithing in the throes of a senseless sentence<br \/>\nWith gaping eyes bleak with frantic horror<\/p>\n<p>A body mangled by cruel heavy thuds<br \/>\nAnother gorged by cold steel slashes<br \/>\nYet another charred by licking withering tongues<br \/>\nAll beyond the threshold of mortal endurance<\/p>\n<p>A mother&#8217;s child<br \/>\nA creator&#8217;s creature<br \/>\nLynched upon the judgement of ordinary slime<br \/>\nDreams cut short by dreamless maggots<br \/>\nNever again to behold the stare of loved ones<\/p>\n<p>Where did the shepherds go while the hounds slayed the sheep<br \/>\nAnd feed their guts to the obstinate fly?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s one sheep too many for a shepherd&#8217;s lose<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DEAD-STONES.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12769\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DEAD-STONES-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"dead-stones\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DEAD-STONES-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DEAD-STONES.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My heart bleeds sorrow, pain and fury<br \/>\nThat the lot of man will defend innocence<br \/>\nBy a casual curiosity and a click of flash<br \/>\nWhile the eye of innocence grows dim by the terror of violence<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Laura McDonald-Amurun 24\/12\/2016<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/market.jumia.com.ng\/men-shoes\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=0bed9dec&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/0bed9dec.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This piece is dedicated to all the victims of senseless cruel violence and their families, who had to suffer untold agonies because of the horrific circumstances surrounding their loved ones demise. Each day we&#8217;re assailed by news about the lose of a fellow human being, by the hands of other human beings(?) 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