Don't mention the children
Nowhere to run, Nowhere to hide,
Nowhere to go in the home you know.
How lucky are we to be safe and sound.
How lucky are we to be living and loved.
Inspired by the poem "Don't mention the children" by Michael Rosen
Music: La Terre vue de ciel - Armand Amar
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Choreographed for Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section) - Modern Dance Team
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Competed in the 60th Hong Kong Schools Dance Festival
Honours Award and Choreography Award
28 January 2024
Don’t Mention the Children
‘Israel bans radio advert listing names of children killed in Gaza.’ Guardian, 24 July 2014
Don’t mention the children.
Don’t name the dead children.
The people must not know the names
of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must be nameless.
The children must leave this world
having no names.
No one must know the names of
the dead children.
No one must say the names of
the dead children.
No one must even think that the children
have names.
People must understand that it would be dangerous
to know the names of the children.
The people must be protected from
knowing the names of the children.
The names of the children could spread
like wildfire.
The people would not be safe if they knew
the names of the children.
Don’t name the dead children.
Don’t remember the dead children.
Don’t think of the dead children.
Don’t say: ‘dead children’.