Singing from the playground
fills an empty Beichuan sky,
The hardened troops
cheer like schoolboys
This one is alive!
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The men in white helmets
work without delay,
to reach a silenced cry
they heard on Saturday.
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“It’s coming from the birds”
says a man wiping dirt from his eyes,
It happened during school time,
“It’s only the birds!” he cries.
