[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27326]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              TRIBUTE TO MR. J. KEYS WRIGHT OF TRINITY, AL

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                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to Mr. J. Keys Wright of 
Trinity, Alabama. He has captured so poignantly the troubles we face 
today with explosions of ethnic cleansing and civil warfare across the 
globe.
  Mr. Wright, an established poet in my district, wrote this poem 
``Sons'' in January of 1995. It is especially appropriate to be heard 
now as we begin this new millennium and we are still plagued with daily 
new reports tallying the murders and assaults caused by hatred and 
misunderstanding. I would like for his words of wisdom to be printed, 
therefore, I submit the following into the Congressional Record for 
others to see and learn.

                                ``Sons''

     Sons of Mother Russia, Loyal
     Chechens, Brothers of Israel,
     Muslim, Christian, Irishman,
     Briton, Children of One God.
     Run Don't Walk Away from
     There, Leave these Fields of Death, Murder No One Else.
     Kill no Other Mother's Child
     Born of Love and Passion,
     Killed by Hate and Greed, To Satisfy an Ambitious Lie.
     Fight No More My Brothers,
     Our Children, Brothers of My
     Soul, Leave Their Killing to Them.
     Their Hearts have Drawn and
     Withered, Their Minds are Dark
     And God, These Ones without A Soul.
     Sons of Mother Russia, Loyal
     Chechens, Brothers of Israel,
     Muslims, Christian, Irishman,
     Briton, Children of One God.

     

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