[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E219]
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                           DO THE WRITE THING

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                         HON. DONNA E. SHALALA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 27, 2019

  Ms. SHALALA. Madam Speaker, I would like to include in the Record a 
poem written by Emma Tews, an eighth-grade student at Herbert A. Ammons 
Middle School in Miami-Dade County. Gun violence does not only impact 
those who have lost loved ones; children like Emma know that we are in 
the midst of a gun violence epidemic and they fear for their lives.

                           Do the Write Thing

                             (By Emma Tews)

     Every day we wake up
     To the news of something bad happening
     School shootings, terrorist attacks, violence
     We have gotten used to seeing it
     It's not a surprise anymore

     Every day we wake up
     We see bad things happen around us
     Pain that people experience
     Hate that people give
     We see it every day

     Every day we wake up
     It's just another day in the cycle
     We see things that we are immune to
     We are told to walk away
     Or run

     Every day we wake up
     A part of our generation's youth is taken away
     Other people's pain turned into violence
     There is so much hate in our world
     Nobody realizes

     Every day we should wake up
     We shouldn't ignore it
     We should seek a change
     We shouldn't run
     We should love

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