What if Vampires were Real?  

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If vampires were real, what would our world be like? Would we be cowering in the shadows, masking our scent and donning religious symbols all over us? Would they look like what they have been designed to look like: colorless, faint, beautiful but dead?

For all we know maybe they really do exist. They're already in our systems. They're already sucking on the life blood of our economies. And the major blame of this so called "recession".

It's us.

We're the vampires of this so called fantasy. We've been sucking away the blood of the economy, hoarding it and not allowing it to flow. Our collective logical thinking brought about one big problem, the paradox of thrift! And still we won't start to let the blood flow unless we see others do so. No one will start the move. We all want to save it for ourselves. That's what we are. We are vampires in this world economy.

Ode to Ye, Oh Wagers of Wars By Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin  

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Ode to ye, oh wagers of wars
Lakes of blood and ponds of tears
Cries come thundering to your ears
Yet ye wish to start more wars
What is the logic behind your heart?

Bring forth the requiem for the dead
The innocent, the people all full of dread
They shout their fears yet ye dost not hear
Their voices quiver to your hushing words
Oft not reaping desirable results

Oh pray, oh wagers of battles for long
What about the graves piling day by day
Of the men and women and children long gone
What of those who still survive seeing today
Souls now shaken and hearts left fully astray

Seeing with eyes and hearts all open
Pain; our price to see it end
Oh wagers of conflicts, see the strife
And please doth lead us to hope and peace
Oh pray you dost lead us to a better life…

By Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin