Ten Grains of Rice .. . .

Somewhere in France

Let no king reign
without first walking as
a child of the world

un-bandaged in the grimy streets,

wounded and raw

beneath an acid rain . . .

a new born child . .
first guilty of existence, and
unwashed under the flow
of bloodied armies

marching too and fro . . 

a tiny beating heart 

a speck of tender flesh,

clinging to maternal bosoms 

dreaming of rivers of nectar . . .

lest a king's dream

be that of the dragon . . .

an armored tail

gripping the ransom

of babies . . .

and a cage wraps around

a hollow tomb

where once

there was a beating heart . . .

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http://www.freerice.com

These are the things you can learn while you are donating 10 grains of rice per correct answer . . it is free to you to play and learn . .  and you are feeding the hungry while you play . . . my students love playing these games and especially bragging about the amount of rice they have donated. 
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