Truth Game

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Children playing by road near school house, Kansas [?]: photo by John Vachon, c. 1942 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

The words having given up on them,
not the words but the meanings

hiding behind the trees
at the side of the road,

the people said
"We can't find the words"

The people sounded like lost children then
"The words have given up on us"

"We can't explain"
The words having been hiding away all those years

in the hide and seek truth game
not wanting to be found
 

Egyptian soldiers stand guard in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, 12 September 2012: photo by Nasser Nasser/AP 

A protestor throws rocks at riot police in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, 13 Sepember 2012, as violence continues in Cairo for a third day and anger spreads across the Muslim world against an anti-Islam film: photo by Amanda Mustard/ZUMA24

A policeman stands in front of a police car set on fire by protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, during clashes between protesters and police early Thursday, 13 September 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad: photo by Ahmed Gomaa/AP

Police, unseen, use water cannons to disperse protesters near the U.S. Embassy during a demonstration about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, 13 September 2012: photo by Hani Mohammed/AP

A burnt car in front of U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, 13 September 2012: photo by Mohammad Hannon/AP

An Egyptian protester throws back a tear gas canister toward riot police, unseen, behind cement blocks that are used to close the street leading to tho the U. S. embassy during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, 14 September 2012: photo by Nasser Nasser/AP

 

A boy holds a toy gun during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh near Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, 14 September 2012: photo by Mohammed Zaatari/AP
 

Protesters run for cover during a demonstration in front of the US embassy in Tunis. At least five protesters were wounded when Tunisian police opened fire on Friday to quell an assault on the embassy compound: photo by Zaubeir Soissi/Reuters

A protester helped an injured man near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on 14 September 2012: photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters